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NoOneMan

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18. Not really

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #16)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 10:19 AM

Oct 2013

but since the MLR is fixed can really only increase their profits by adding more customers

Or they can simply not negotiate rates with providers as aggressively so that it costs $200 dollars for a bandaid instead of $100 (making their profit double to $30). It isn't exactly like this industry has competed aggressively against each other in the past. The anti trust exemption helped

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