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Yavin4

(37,182 posts) Tue Nov 29, 2016, 04:51 PM Nov 2016

How can you show a profit from Medicare? There's no real profit in health insurance for older people who are far more likely to use it.

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When you "privatize" something, doesn't that mean that you have to show a profit? [View all] Yavin4 Nov 2016 OP

sometimes a guaranteed profit KT2000 Nov 2016 #1

Nah! HassleCat Nov 2016 #2

Reduce Services - Raise Prices..... global1 Nov 2016 #3

Nope, just that the service is run not by a public entity. mwooldri Nov 2016 #4

If an endeavor shows a profit, they take the credit. lpbk2713 Nov 2016 #6

i pay more for medicare part b and c because DesertFlower Nov 2016 #7