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In reply to the discussion: "Obamacare saved consumers billions, new report finds" [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)15. The subsidies are paid by taxpayers to the corporate profitmongers.
The corporations are *guaranteed* their obscene profits through mandate that every single American must purchase their outrageously overpriced product. By design, assistance to individuals is paid for by the people rather than demanded from the insurers.
The mandate was the goal all along, designed by the corporatists who designed the program.
We need single payer.
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Yeah, where ARE all those gripers now? Along with the "I hate it because I don't understand it"
MADem
May 2014
#11
Yeah, why would any Democrat be against promising insurance companies a half trilllion dollars
Doctor_J
May 2014
#14
The subsidies are paid by taxpayers to the corporate profitmongers.
woo me with science
May 2014
#15
Why do we as a country feel the need to stick a middleman in to every transaction?
A Simple Game
May 2014
#20
Health "care" revenues and profits are through the roof. But the BOG is convinced it's the answer
Doctor_J
May 2014
#27
Nonprofit co-ops, Medicaid, and Medicare must be the biggest corporate profitmongers of all.
IronLionZion
May 2014
#29
I have a policy I got through the exchange and I'm thrilled, especially knowing there aren't
okaawhatever
May 2014
#10