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EX500rider

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37. That's revenue not profit

Reply to ColinC (Reply #36)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 08:26 PM

Dec 2024

It's easy to go out of business with 100 billion in revenue just have 120 billion in expenses

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Shock poll: 41 percent of young voters find killing of UHC CEO Acceptable (40% don't) [View all] kerry-is-my-prez Dec 2024 OP

No shock at all. RandySF Dec 2024 #1

Well DeepWinter Dec 2024 #51

Imagine if these companies would just close Historic NY Dec 2024 #2

Their shareholders would never allow that... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #6

What do you consider a "fair profit"? EX500rider Dec 2024 #24

... ColinC Dec 2024 #36

That's revenue not profit EX500rider Dec 2024 #37

They shouldnt be getting ANY profit! ColinC Dec 2024 #38

Running a private company without any profit is a way to go out of business EX500rider Dec 2024 #39

It isnt a private company ColinC Dec 2024 #41

Yes & corporations need to make a profit or go out of business also EX500rider Dec 2024 #42

Unlike private companies, they need to consistently make ColinC Dec 2024 #47

Would you be happy sarisataka Dec 2024 #8

Health insurance ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #48

Gosh, what would their billionaire executives do? TBF Dec 2024 #33

But they have such low profit. Sarc JanMichael Dec 2024 #54

If all the health insurance companies closed, we'd have a solution! yardwork Dec 2024 #65

This! Omnipresent Dec 2024 #76

I guess they figure that adults never protected them from school shooters. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #3

I guess it's a "Robin Hood" affect. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #4

'Robin Hood' stole from the rich to give to the poor... sheshe2 Dec 2024 #11

Correct! but as I mentioned... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #13

Yes, however stalking and shooting someone in the back... sheshe2 Dec 2024 #17

yes, letting people die to make profit IS definitely a bad thing. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #23

Private health insurance companies either make a profit or go out of business EX500rider Dec 2024 #25

You do realize that "profit" comes in many amounts, right? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #28

Is 5 & 6% "Outlandishly excessive" in your opinion? EX500rider Dec 2024 #31

When billions are in play? yes. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #32

So they should just break even every year? EX500rider Dec 2024 #34

You do realize that health insurance companies don't do actual medicine, right? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #45

Which is exactly the problem with the very existence of private health insurance companies. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #60

Shooting someone in the back is not a good thing. Period. sheshe2 Dec 2024 #35

It's a good thing I haven't done those things then. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #46

Yes but Laurelin Dec 2024 #56

Would any of the allied nations have cried.. Omnipresent Dec 2024 #77

Maybe there's hope for the country after all BeyondGeography Dec 2024 #5

Maybe not considering how many voted for Trump Kaleva Dec 2024 #15

Ie someone who promised to break things BeyondGeography Dec 2024 #16

I stated the fact that he's a murderer yesterday underpants Dec 2024 #7

Is that all? sarisataka Dec 2024 #9

Can't afford medical care..... multigraincracker Dec 2024 #10

Oh. Elessar Zappa Dec 2024 #12

A surprising number of young people voted for Trump Kaleva Dec 2024 #14

A surprising number, but still a lower percentage than their elders. Mariana Dec 2024 #85

I may be wrong but didn't Harris do better with the 65 and older crowd? Kaleva Dec 2024 #90

Its only the 18-29 demo Mosby Dec 2024 #18

Completely changes the story. Thanks. That's what my daughter has been telling me underpants Dec 2024 #22

I bet the insurance salesman guy wishes someone had told him that. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #26

Read The Anxious Generation SheltieLover Dec 2024 #27

They've grown up with our indifference to their deaths Arazi Dec 2024 #61

They also grew up playing violent video games Mosby Dec 2024 #69

Love ya'all Francophiles .......... Mary Antoinette bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #19

One of my sons is a pharmacy tech Bettie Dec 2024 #20

Medicare Advantage is private ins companies. SheltieLover Dec 2024 #29

What if someone threatens him for participating in a corrupt system and takes their denial out on the messenger? MichMan Dec 2024 #78

Everyone in the country could be shot at any time Bettie Dec 2024 #81

The difference is no one would consider any of those shootings to be justified MichMan Dec 2024 #83

The vast majority of people shot Bettie Dec 2024 #84

Just like Dorner tipping LAPD's hand. The Grand Illuminist Dec 2024 #21

Immediate self-defense is most justifiable - TBF Dec 2024 #30

I'm not surprised that some here support execution without trial Kaleva Dec 2024 #49

Shock, No, they grew-up with school shooting. republianmushroom Dec 2024 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 2024 #43

I don't find it "acceptable", but I'm not mourning for the guy either Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #44

Tolerating execution without trial would be a Maga position IMO Kaleva Dec 2024 #50

And so is causing death for profit, IMO Think. Again. Dec 2024 #52

Do we agree and you publicly denounce the murderer of the CEO? Kaleva Dec 2024 #57

Two different questions. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #59

So do you denounce execution without trial under certain circumstances? Kaleva Dec 2024 #62

What are the conditions? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #63

Just curious as to what your position is Kaleva Dec 2024 #64

Obviously, from the results of that poll.... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #67

This progressive Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #73

I find that silence sarisataka Dec 2024 #72

That's on us. Our ho-hum attitude to the danger they faced in the form of school shootings has to contribute Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #53

No...I think it's a magazine, not a clip Bettie Dec 2024 #70

People are realizing Predatory Capitalists are killing us. Emile Dec 2024 #55

Hundreds of school shootings every year Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #58

That's probably one reason so many young people aren't shocked by this murder. yardwork Dec 2024 #66

The only thing shocking is that it didn't happen sooner Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #68

100 years ago there was just such a class of wealthy people. yardwork Dec 2024 #79

Perhaps you never had a history class on the 1920's sarisataka Dec 2024 #82

There could be several reasons many young people approve of the CEO murder. walkingman Dec 2024 #71

They need to poll everyone again and ask them why... LeftInTX Dec 2024 #89

So vote for universal healthcare already mountain grammy Dec 2024 #74

Will the same people justify the shooting of government officials if care is denied? n/t MichMan Dec 2024 #80

Whatever those denial numbers would be under M4A Arazi Dec 2024 #87

--Not--Shocked--In--The--Least-- CoopersDad Dec 2024 #75

This is what happens when you let socal media raise the children krawhitham Dec 2024 #86

We can go back and forth about why. However, I wish they would poll everyone and find out their reasons why LeftInTX Dec 2024 #88

They should have asked this question in the poll. Jacson6 Dec 2024 #91

Is this why? LeftInTX Dec 2024 #92