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lostnfound

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3. The absurdity of thinking that dropping people out is better than tackling the gap in costs

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Sun Jul 2, 2017, 05:17 PM

Jul 2017

All that excess is going somewhere. My estimate based on. 2.35% dividend yield (TTM per Fidelity analysis) on the health sector which totals $4.77 Trillion in market cap is that $112 Billion in dividends are being paid. A estimate on the high side perhaps because there's been some growth in market cap over the last year but it's a ballpark.

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Damn it,we need a fact-based debate...WHERE the money GOES, not just who to KICK OUT of lifeboat? [View all] lostnfound Jul 2017 OP

Yes yes yes. NT enough Jul 2017 #1

THIS is the problem. Why do we spend so much MORE per capita? Needs extensive analysis. lostnfound Jul 2017 #2

The absurdity of thinking that dropping people out is better than tackling the gap in costs lostnfound Jul 2017 #3

Dividends. Examples. lostnfound Jul 2017 #4