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Well duh it’s a private for profit corporation. It literally exists to be a money game.
by bix6 2y ago
Well duh it’s a private for profit corporation. It literally exists to be a money game.
- throwway120385 2y agoThe question isn't whether this is obviously a result of the current structure, but rather, is this good for the people of the US to live like this? Should we tolerate people being evicted from nursing home programs because their coverage was wrongfully revoked? And when we have story after story of private insurers doing this kind of thing, do we keep living with it to stay in our capitalist utopia, or do we conceive of something different and collectively pay for that instead of for the private insurance we all hate?
- bix6 2y agoWe shouldn’t tolerate it so hopefully these pieces can convince citizens to start forcing better alternatives.
- xadhominemx 2y agoUNH makes low operating margins. If they they took those margins to zero, there would not be a noticeable increase in the amount of care they fund.
- owisd 2y agoThe deal private for profit corporations make with society is that profit provides an incentive that leads to better outcomes, yet every developed country with a not-for-profit healthcare system has better outcomes.
- bix6 2y agoDid UHC explicitly make that deal or are we just expecting them to act in good faith? Healthcare is a quasi public good so I’m not surprised not for profit countries do better.