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Health Law Costs, Benefits Can Add Up To A Win For Young And Old

Monday, July 16, 2012


I am not sure if you are aware of this but CEO salaries are aproved by shareholders.  Shareholders who are in the 99%.

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This is where I lose respect for people like you.  Having some money in mutual funds doesn't get you a vote in setting CEO salaries.  

The health care system is set up to generate profits NOT to provide care.  To pay for care, we rely on hundreds of investor-owned insurance companies that profit by refusing coverage to the sickest patients and limiting services to the others.  And they cream roughly 20% off the top of the premium dollar for profits and overhead.  

Our method of delivering care is no better than our method of paying for it.  We provide much of the care in investor-owned health facilities that profit by providing too many services for the well-insured and too few for those who cannot pay.  Most doctors are paid fee-for-service which gives them a similar incentive to focus on profitable services, particularly specialists, who receive very high fees for expensive tests and procedures.  In sum, health care is for maximizing income and not maximizing health. 
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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