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In reply to the discussion: Aetna Health Insurance will double Revenues to $100 billion by 2020 thanks to Obamacare [View all]Hassin Bin Sober
(26,424 posts)24. Yep, its a nice racket they have.
Collect premiums for a person's entire life and then pawn them off on Medicare when they really need insurance.
Feeding a couple hundred billion in premiums from healthy people would change the whole landscape of Medicare.
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Aetna Health Insurance will double Revenues to $100 billion by 2020 thanks to Obamacare [View all]
ErikJ
Dec 2013
OP
Fucking parasites. Abolish insurance companies; institute national health care. That is all.
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2013
#1
Because a single payer national health care program was ''off the table'' thanks Obama
YOHABLO
Dec 2013
#4
Isn't there a part in Obamacare where they can only net a certain percentage?
uppityperson
Dec 2013
#5
there is a word for a partnership between the corporations and the government...
Jesus Malverde
Dec 2013
#6
So you understand that the provision you cite doesn't guarantee profitability
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#34
No, it doesn't guarantee profits it all. It guarantees they won't lose money
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#36
"Aetna said it expected to re-enter a period of normal growth following years of ACA pressures"
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#13