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WingDinger

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5. Insurance is a tax scam for large corps.

Reply to HiPointDem (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 23, 2012, 03:34 PM

Jun 2012

They inflate their losses. Write it off. Pound the providers to lower costs, and sock it to those without the insurance advocate to fight for them. They usually pay little, you pay the real bill in copays, and they dance.

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When you give up, they win, and that is how they intended it. WingDinger Jun 2012 #1

so basically, health care is set up to reward finance capital. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #4

Insurance is a tax scam for large corps. WingDinger Jun 2012 #5

That's what it seems like.... eek MD Jun 2012 #7

Have you actually submitted the bills to your primary insurance? forthemiddle Jun 2012 #14

Very sorry. elleng Jun 2012 #2

It is a "rotten to the core" industry. russspeakeasy Jun 2012 #3

Utter Bullshit Lurks Often Jun 2012 #11

Wouldn't it be wonderful if our politicians hated the Autumn Jun 2012 #6

Sorry to hear how you got caught in the cracks of systems coverage. pinto Jun 2012 #8

Insurance is like loaning out an umbrella... Odin2005 Jun 2012 #9

Yes, that is how it works. Ruby the Liberal Jun 2012 #10

This is the game they've always played, deny, delay, refuse to pay. The entire industry should Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #12

I can understand that to a point..... eek MD Jun 2012 #16

That is standard Lurks Often Jun 2012 #13

Honesty is a one way street for insurance cos. lpbk2713 Jun 2012 #15

I think I've received enough answers to know that I've pretty much done everything right so far... eek MD Jun 2012 #17