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Article about losses to big insurers and pulling out.
UnitedHealth expects to lose nearly $1 billion on Obamacare - Jan. 19, 2016
UnitedHealth expects to lose nearly $1 billion on Obamacare - Jan. 19, 2016
No shit, Sherlock. Thanks for joining the 21st century.In an effort to stem the losses, it is also working more closely with providers and enrollees to manage their illnesses and care.
Owning a home or vehicle are much more of an optional thing for people. Living? Not so much.But why should anyone be surprised when we're already forced to buy private insurance in other areas of our lives in most states (vehicles and homes).
Absolutely. Plenty of uninsured people out there with medical issues that go untreated due to being unable to afford proper care. They just deal with it until they maybe end up in the ER.There has to be a surge of usage once a previously uninsured has access to insurance.
How is that a bad thing? Isn't the entire point to get healthcare to everyone?There has to be a surge of usage once a previously uninsured has access to insurance.
Someone without insurance costs me more money. Everyone having insurance makes it less expensive for me.But why should anyone be surprised when we're already forced to buy private insurance in other areas of our lives in most states (vehicles and homes).
I mean I appreciate the simplicity of how you explain insurance here but it's not that simple with health insurance. The 'costs' of non-treatment before were very often buried in mortality rates, bankruptcy and charity tax exemptions or non-profits. None of that has really changed much except more services are being rendered in plain sight instead of hidden in the folds. If the system corrects on its own (it won't because profit) we're talking decades/generations.Someone without insurance costs me more money. Everyone having insurance makes it less expensive for me.
There is absolutely no health difference between HFCS and regular sugar. The only reason we even use HFCS is because massive tariffs on sugar are making it cheaper than sugar. Now we should pass another tax to cancel out the previous tax?I suspect much of their losses are from a subset of deeply unhealthy and inactive people. Health education needs to become more prevalent and HFCS should have a sin tax akin to alcohol and tobacco. Fortunately, millenials take their health more seriously than previous generations - in part due to vanity in the media age and in part due to increased access to data. I think the education end of things is sharpening, and in another 30 years the american people will be in a better position.
I love this part.
No shit, Sherlock. Thanks for joining the 21st century.
Whats the cost of retards clogging up the system? Last time I went to the doctor for something was bad ankle sprain in 07, got an xray. Before that probably in my childhood. My dad? Dude has been going to the va every single year because of his foot. He has a bad ulcer on the bottom of it because hes a fucking moron and doesnt take care of himself. Theyve already done 3 skin grafts, pretty sure the next step is cutting it off.More like services cost more to make up for people who can't afford care and dont pay bills due to lack of insurance. Wasn't even going into expanding the risk pool.
Of course it was broken. That is why the large majority of American voters wanted legit reform of the system. That did not occur and now the system is worse than it was before and even more expensive.But hate Obamacare all you want. Healthcare was very broken the way it was and you all still paid for it anyways.
Yes, everything is luck. I'm lucky I don't smoke, don't do drugs, don't drink, don't participate in dangerous activities, stay active and eat fairly healthy.The fact that you haven't needed a doctor is luck, not virtue.