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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]Vox Moi
(546 posts)26. Shows how powerful the Insurance companies are.
The knew that Obamacare would represent a huge windfall since the uninsured tend to be younger and healthier.
The 'subsidy' given to consumers is really a price support mechanism for the insurance companies.
They fought tooth and nail and won exactly what they were looking for: millions of new customers.
The ACA did a lot to make sure that the insurance companies will be in business for a long time.
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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