>in reality many insurance companies are actually owned by hospital chains. Huh? In the US, Kaiser is the only integrated provider of insurance and healthcare

>in reality many insurance companies are actually owned by hospital chains. Huh? In the US, Kaiser is the only integrated provider of insurance and healthcare that I know of. It actually is a fairly good model. Otherwise Cigna, Bluecross etc.. are strictly insurance companies that have contracts with other providers to provide care to their members.