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Greed is such a wonderful thing FreakinDJ Dec 2011 #1
Simple, elegant argument that goes to the heart of the "free market" issue. Geoff R. Casavant Dec 2011 #2
Good! soryang Dec 2011 #3
The 1% will devour themselves... Modern_Matthew Dec 2011 #4
Excellent. Insurance companies are nothing more than banks. Lint Head Dec 2011 #5
They used to be in it to invest excess when market profits were unbeatable. Oh well. cpamomfromtexas Dec 2011 #6
My favorite line "if a business can't survive on 15 - 20% profit margin does it deserve to survive?" peacebird Dec 2011 #7
Experienced workers and professionals could go into business for themselves too. soryang Dec 2011 #9
Norman Goldman sometimes talks about putting together some kind of an insurance gateley Dec 2011 #14
Health Insurance Corporations: bvar22 Dec 2011 #8
Possibly...but who do you think is going to manage "single payer"? cbdo2007 Dec 2011 #10
Good analysis. I disagree with the conclusion. MedicalAdmin Dec 2011 #11
I too disagree with the conclusion. It just means more and more Americans without health insurance riderinthestorm Dec 2011 #12
Yes. MedicalAdmin Dec 2011 #13
The END result just may be single payer. If millions lose their coverage, they will gateley Dec 2011 #15
RECOMMENDED!!! Bill USA Dec 2011 #16
I went to the ER Xmas night with nasty abdominal pain. CANDO Dec 2011 #17
The last two or three health insurance companies standing wll make out like bandits. dawg Dec 2011 #18
Look for a bunch of CEOs to pay themselves obscene bonuses somehow Tsiyu Dec 2011 #19
They can't do that any more. The ACA made it illegal. tridim Dec 2011 #26
On paper they can't you are correct Tsiyu Dec 2011 #30
It's really built into the law Obama signed. That's why the GOP's went nuts. freshwest Dec 2011 #20
Sounds like scare tactics by rightwingers. The Sky is Falling. Honeycombe8 Dec 2011 #21
The companies mentioned all have diverse business dflprincess Dec 2011 #22
Where did large medical insurance companies come from in the first place? brewens Dec 2011 #23
Most of them started as mutual funds. Downwinder Dec 2011 #24
Some might even call this result multi-dimensional chess. tridim Dec 2011 #25
Of course we'll wait until the system collapses before we do anything... joeybee12 Dec 2011 #27
The HC Exchange is the "planning ahead" mechanism. tridim Dec 2011 #28
Actually, ProSense Dec 2011 #29
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