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What's Obamacare? My life hasn't changed. And when Obamacare kicks in, my healthcare life will still be fundamentally managed by insurance companies, with some
by antidoh 14y ago
What's Obamacare? My life hasn't changed.
And when Obamacare kicks in, my healthcare life will still be fundamentally managed by insurance companies, with somewhat changed regulation around the margins but still extremely profitable.
- rayiner 14y agoThe margin on health insurance companies is like 8%.
- tptacek 14y agoYou have to be careful there, because some of the largest consolidated insurance providers are nonprofits that are incentivized to maximize overhead (to the benefit of internal executives and managers). The ones that aren't have to compete with the ones that are.
- rayiner 14y agoVery true.