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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJared Kushner's family is set to make a cool fortune off the coronavirus pandemic
Jared Kushners family is set to make a cool fortune off the coronavirus pandemic
Posted by Will Bishop | Mar 16, 2020 | Coronavirus, National News, Trump | 0 |
Jared Kushners family is set to make a cool fortune off the coronavirus pandemic
As the number of Americans infected with coronavirus surpasses 3,000, the family of senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is on the verge of making a mint from the deadly pandemic thanks in large part to their White House connections.
DC Reports notes:
Oscar Health, the health insurance company co-founded by Jared Kushners younger brother, announced Friday that it has launched a testing center locator for COVID-19 in the United States with more than 100 centers. The company is also offering a risk assessment survey and talking to a doctor online.
This is the very same Oscar Health that has also profited from the easing of federal rules governing health insurance policies that may be sold as part of the revised Affordable Care Act, which President Donald Trump has been trying to destroy since taking office.
Specifically, Oscar Health was accused in 2018 of selling junk policies in the state of Ohio, according to Newsweek:
With a sky-high deductible of $15,800, the plan could see families spending up to $24,488.84 before emergency room care or regular doctors visits, even to a primary care physician, would be covered. The Oscar Buckeye State Simple Bronze plan uncovered by Fairweather was an outlier, but it was far from the only plan offering little coverage in exchange for a huge annual deductible.
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Jared Kushner's family is set to make a cool fortune off the coronavirus pandemic (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2020
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Oscar Health lost $110 million in 2019, almost double the $57 million the company lost in 2018. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
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Bernardo de La Paz
(48,966 posts)1. Oscar Health lost $110 million in 2019, almost double the $57 million the company lost in 2018. . nt
ProfessorGAC
(64,877 posts)2. Run Like I'd Expect
If one of those tools is running it, I'd expect nothing else.
tosh
(4,422 posts)4. Good. I'm glad to hear that.
That cheers me a bit.
tosh
(4,422 posts)3. There is no bottom for these...
creatures. Disgusting.
But Hunter Biden served on a board.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)5. Charge it, then back charge it, and say FRAUD!
muhaha!
And you aint wrong?
Tanuki
(14,914 posts)6. I wonder if this was a factor in 45's rejection of WHO's offer of testing kits?
stillcool
(32,626 posts)8. there's a reason..
and what else but money could it be? They've got to line the right pockets.
crickets
(25,952 posts)9. You know it. nt
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)7. Not sure this will make them money, other than PR. In any event, Kush is definitely a POS.
It does not appear the testing facilities are owned by Oscar. What Oscar is doing is not particularly expensive. Now, their insurance products don't offer a lot of value.