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From: Jack Hollis on 15 Sep 2009 21:17 On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:59:22 -0500, "The moderator" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote: >> Of course the insurance companies do not have profit margins. Heaven >> forbid they would take a big fat cut right off the top. And it's not >> like the sea of documentation they require is a burden on every medical >> practice in the country. Oh no. That would be totally inconceivable. > >What is the profit margin of the major health insurance providers? Most large insurance companies do a lot more than sell health insurance. My wife's company sells group and individual health insurance but actually loses money on it. However, the company makes a lot of money in other areas of the insurance business. However, there is profit in health insurance or why else would companies sell it. The private nature of US health insurance is what makes US health care the best in the world. For example, if there is a need for more MRI machines then the market will provide them.
From: dene on 15 Sep 2009 21:39 "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:wclark2-6BAC43.20482215092009(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > Actually he is really Irish - Barry O'Bama, but the world wasn't ready > for another Irish Catholic President. Good one! -Greg
From: dene on 15 Sep 2009 21:41 "Jack Hollis" <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:jie0b59vml5biv87eeiqdkuode5o1n58pt(a)4ax.com... > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:59:22 -0500, "The moderator" > <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote: > > >> Of course the insurance companies do not have profit margins. Heaven > >> forbid they would take a big fat cut right off the top. And it's not > >> like the sea of documentation they require is a burden on every medical > >> practice in the country. Oh no. That would be totally inconceivable. > > > >What is the profit margin of the major health insurance providers? > > Most large insurance companies do a lot more than sell health > insurance. My wife's company sells group and individual health > insurance but actually loses money on it. However, the company makes > a lot of money in other areas of the insurance business. I guarantee that if insurers are forced to accept applicants with pre-ex without an individual mandate, your wife's company will pull itself out of the individual market or be forced to raise rates through the roof to cover the claims. Ultimately, that would force the creation of a public option. Hmmmmm..... -Greg
From: Alan Baker on 15 Sep 2009 21:45 In article <HpidnVPmlfH9vy3XnZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, BAR <Screw(a)You.Com> wrote: > Alan Baker wrote: > > In article <ap-dnWv6Co3l7jLXnZ2dnUVZ_j5i4p2d(a)giganews.com>, > > BAR <Screw(a)You.Com> wrote: > > > >> Alan Baker wrote: > >>> In article <GfWdnaKYdMNymDLXnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, > >>> BAR <Screw(a)You.Com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> William Clark wrote: > >>>>> In article <G9GdndNa2dCdSjPXnZ2dnUVZ_gJi4p2d(a)giganews.com>, > >>>>> BAR <Screw(a)You.Com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> William Clark wrote: > >>>>>>> In article <4LGdnQusqJFTyzXXnZ2dnUVZ_vKdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, > >>>>>>> BAR <Screw(a)You.Com> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> William Clark wrote: > >>>>>>>>> In article <l5uca5d39v9sqb069e2dkooaruvri6es2i(a)4ax.com>, > >>>>>>>>> Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On 08 Sep 2009 06:30:26 GMT, Carbon > >>>>>>>>>> <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> > >>>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> His SAT and LSAT scores would be very interesting. You can get a > >>>>>>>>>>>> pretty good idea of IQ from both of those scores. I wonder why > >>>>>>>>>>>> he > >>>>>>>>>>>> hasn't released them. > >>>>>>>>>>> For the same reason that he didn't release his birth certificate > >>>>>>>>>>> to > >>>>>>>>>>> those birther loons: there is no upside to pandering to retards. > >>>>>>>>>> Actually he did release his birth certificate. > >>>>>>>>> It is in the public records. He didn't have to "release" anything. > >>>>>>>> He did not release a copy of his original birth certificate that was > >>>>>>>> issued at the time of his birth. There is a difference. > >>>>>>> No there is not. Sorry, but at least I accept that this is all you > >>>>>>> have. > >>>>>> Yes, there is a difference in the types of birth certificates that > >>>>>> were > >>>>>> provided in 1961 and the ones provided now. I have more familiarity > >>>>>> with > >>>>>> birth certificates issued in 1961 than you. > >>>>> Right, well too bad you got this one wrong. The only available > >>>>> certificate has been produced time and time again, but morons like you > >>>>> just can't stand a black man being President. > >>>> "The only available certificate has been produced." I can get one just > >>>> like Obama's too or I can get a copy of the true original certificate of > >>>> my birth. In fact I have certified copies of both. Funny thing is they > >>>> don't look the same. One is printed on funny colored paper and the other > >>>> is a negative image a record recored at the time of my birth. Hmmmm. > >>> Not if you're from Hawaii, you can't. > >>> > >>> The only certificate Hawaii issues is the one that has been produced. > >>> > >> Did time start with yesterday's sunrise? > > > > No, but that has absolutely nothing to do with it. > > > > The only certificate they issue now. The operative word is "now." Right. What of it? What other certificate is he supposed to have? Or do you imagine that if he hasn't kept every scrap of paper he ever had (assuming he ever had it) he's somehow done something wrong? -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: BAR on 16 Sep 2009 08:12
Carbon wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:56:51 -0400, BAR wrote: >> Carbon wrote: >>> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:20:43 -0500, MNMikeW wrote: >>>> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message >>>> news:4aaf1d3f$0$4971$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... >>>>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:18:44 -0400, BAR wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I don't think you want to go down the articulate path. Obama >>>>>> doesn't go anywhere without his Tele-Prompter. When Obama speaks >>>>>> extemporaneously he sounds like an idiot and makes GWB's verbal >>>>>> miscues appear like normal stutters. >>>>> Where are you true believers getting this garbage from anyway? >>>> Ummm, errrrr, ahhhhh. >>> I thought so. >>> >>> You normally see this when he is being asked policy type questions, >>> and he is clearly being careful with what he says. He is the >>> President after all, and it is generally a bad idea to give too much >>> away or to mislead people. The advantage is that he does emit high >>> quality output, so you don't often see types trying to explain away >>> various gaffes, as they had to do so often under Wubya. >> He is a stunantz. An idiot. In over his head. > > It is revealing that you are unable to see his obvious ability. I see Obama's obvious ability. He can spend money better than a drunken sailor. He spew more words out of his mouth than any politician in history without actually saying anything. And, the one great ability Obama has is voting "Present", he can be counted but not counted on to commit to anything. In Obama's screed against the Republicans last Wednesday in the House in kept talking about his plan. We have yet to see his, Obama's, plan. It is not on paper anywhere. The only place it seems to be is in Obama's head. It is another vote of Present. I can see Obama's obvious ability. |