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zipplewrath

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51. The profit motive has always been there

Mon May 6, 2013, 08:15 PM

May 2013

Obama made it a requirement that we all deal with an insurance company to get access to health care.

You can't claim to love Obamacare, and complain about exposing us to for profit health insurance. There are no explicit protections against being exposed to them to get health care. If one is lucky enough to be in a state/market that has nonprofit, so be it. But when Obama dumped the public option, but kept the mandate, he bought into (excuse the pun) the idea that people would be forced to work with companies like Aetna. (Him and the Senator from Aetna).

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Aetna will drop out of health insurance exchanges if they are not profitable enough [View all] eridani May 2013 OP

They all will, and then some of them will likely drop out of Warpy May 2013 #1

Aetna is ProSense May 2013 #15

Well, they can leave too zipplewrath May 2013 #18

Well, ProSense May 2013 #19

But it's not an empty threat zipplewrath May 2013 #20

No, ProSense May 2013 #23

Also, if it's ProSense May 2013 #24

Large markets zipplewrath May 2013 #28

First, ProSense May 2013 #29

Sure, no problem zipplewrath May 2013 #34

So ProSense May 2013 #35

Yes zipplewrath May 2013 #36

You mean, ProSense May 2013 #37

Yes zipplewrath May 2013 #38

Wait, ProSense May 2013 #39

Some won't be zipplewrath May 2013 #40

Are you saying ProSense May 2013 #41

I said what I meant zipplewrath May 2013 #43

And ProSense May 2013 #44

Just a sec... Sheepshank May 2013 #42

Are their customers mandated? zipplewrath May 2013 #48

This was about their perceived need for $XXX profits, no? Sheepshank May 2013 #49

The profit motive has always been there zipplewrath May 2013 #51

Don't worry, this is just a temper tantrum which will be effective. Congress will fix it for them sabrina 1 May 2013 #46

I dropped Aetna a few months ago. Saved $19,200 a year thanks to President Obama's plan. graham4anything May 2013 #2

Can you say a bit more about how this worked? What was the process? enough May 2013 #6

ok graham4anything May 2013 #7

Thanks for spelling this out. That is really an amazing savings. enough May 2013 #17

That's the idea Recursion May 2013 #3

Exactly. "Not profitable enough" OneGrassRoot May 2013 #4

one must include doctors in that statement too. graham4anything May 2013 #8

Doctors have to charge that much so that the insurance company pays them enough. hobbit709 May 2013 #10

I don't think "everyone" does. OneGrassRoot May 2013 #11

a nice dream KentuckyWoman May 2013 #5

Health insurance companies are unnecessary parasites. Quantess May 2013 #9

Exactly, nothing but Middlemen who drain money from the HC providing nothing in actual HC sabrina 1 May 2013 #47

For Profit Health Care Will Never Be Affordable cantbeserious May 2013 #12

Aetna gets bad reviews KrazyinKS May 2013 #13

...and if they pay out ...you will have to pay them back if you get any money from anyone else. L0oniX May 2013 #26

they learned from the TBTF Banks magical thyme May 2013 #14

Aetna sucks..good riddance SoCalDem May 2013 #16

Aetna has always been the worst of the worst of junk insurance peddlers. geek tragedy May 2013 #21

NYLCare was bad, then Aetna bought them out. hobbit709 May 2013 #33

once they all drop out we'll be on the road to single payer. ileus May 2013 #22

Aetna is NOT an insurance corporation by any meaning of the word insurance... L0oniX May 2013 #25

Good, then in good capitalistic spirit they will be crushed and go out of business. cbdo2007 May 2013 #27

Let them go! elleng May 2013 #30

As the insurers who "sort of favor margin over membership" drop out lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #31

They say that as if we care... supernova May 2013 #32

Where will they go? LiberalFighter May 2013 #45

Fuck Aetna with a rusty chainsaw steve2470 May 2013 #50