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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNation's largest health insurer dropping out of the ACA in California
The nations largest health insurer announced in April it was dropping out of all but a handful of 34 health insurance marketplaces it participated in. But the company had not discussed its plans in California.
http://www.againstcronycapitalism.org/2016/05/unitedhealth-to-exit-californias-obamacare-market/
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)Insurance companies should be required to participate.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)clarice
(5,504 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)Oh, wait.
clarice
(5,504 posts)bluesbassman
(19,358 posts)Oh wait, that's right, mandates are just for those that can't afford lobbyists.
clarice
(5,504 posts)bluesbassman
(19,358 posts)Fret not though, there won't be a middle class much longer and then you can decry the terrible burden placed on the wealthy as they struggle to support the teaming masses of poor formerly known as middle class.
clarice
(5,504 posts)yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)It's really not hard. You just gotta get past the corporate bullshit the corporate politicians have been pushing on us.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)Less that 2000 customers in CA, from what I read yesterday.
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)That is when you can look back and see the impact of 1 domino
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)that UnitedHealth even participated in the CA exchanges, and they were limited by the state as to where they could offer policies.
The CA exchange was doing fine before UnitedHealth joined, and they'll do fine without them.
If BlueCross were to drop out, that would be a different story.
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)That is the point
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)And monkeys could fly out of my butt too, but I'm not betting that will happen.
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)others will drop out as well. And that will probably happen sooner than monkeys fly out of your butt. Unless you are into some weird kinky shit I have never imagined
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Who the hell said anything about it being the biggest in CA?
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)...why the hell wouldn't one assume that's what you're talking about?
This will no impact on CA at all.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Shall I post the title of the thread for you again?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)clarice
(5,504 posts)yodermon
(6,143 posts)if single payer is off the table. which of course it is, ha ha silly me.
clarice
(5,504 posts)In reality...there will be MANY working people paying the bill.
yodermon
(6,143 posts)Simple "Public Health Insurance" maybe?
I'd avoid "Government" or "National" because those terms have been given unfair baggage by the right wing IMO.
clarice
(5,504 posts)roamer65
(36,744 posts)Most hospitals and clinics in Canada are privately owned, but receive reimbursement from only one insurer. That insurer is the respective provincial government.
If we were to go to a "Medicare for all", we would be hybrid between the Canadian and British systems. Private hospitals and clinics, yet a single insurer at the federal level.
KG
(28,751 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Hunter Lewis is co-founder of AgainstCronyCapitalism.org. He is co-founder and former CEO of global investment firm Cambridge Associates, LLC and author of 9 books on moral philosophy, psychology, and economics, including the widely acclaimed Are the Rich Necessary? (Highly provocative and highly pleasurable.New York Times) He has contributed to the New York Times, the Times of London, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic Monthly, as well as numerous websites such as Breitbart.com, Forbes.com, Fox.com, RealClearMarkets.com, and Townhall.com. His most recent books are Crony Capitalism in America: 20082012, Free Prices Now! Fixing the Economy by Abolishing the Fed, and Where Keynes Went Wrong: And Why Governments Keep Creating Inflation, Bubbles, and Busts. He has served on boards and committees of fifteen leading not-for-profit organizations, including environmental, teaching, research, and cultural and global development organizations, as well as the World Bank.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)when the information is correct?
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/unitedhealthcare-to-pull-out-of-obamacare-markets-in-california/
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)even if the news is accurate, don't mainstream and legitimize wingnut propaganda outlets
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)Every person who follows a link there generates ad revenue for them.
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)I noticed its title was "againstcronycapitalism" and it was a .org. That didn't give me any red flags. Thanks for vetting it so thoroughly, feel free to read the same article on a different website and then contribute something of value on the topic of my thread.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)I imagine Kaiser and Anthem Blue Cross (my provider) pushed them out.