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https://www.blueshieldca.com/bsca/about-blue-shield/health-reform/our-involvement/healthcare-quality-value/our-pledge.sp https://www.blueshieldca.com/bsca/about

by r0m4n0 12y ago

https://www.blueshieldca.com/bsca/about-blue-shield/health-reform/our-involvement/healthcare-quality-value/our-pledge.sp https://www.blueshieldca.com/bsca/about-blue-shield/health-r... One of california's largest health insurance companies is a not for profit and doesn't stockpile money. why is healthcare still expensive?

ceejayoz 12y ago
Remember that that pledge can be fulfilled by increasing employee (i.e. CEO) salaries, nicer buildings for the company, etc. That's what's happened at our local BCBS affiliate.
joshfraser 12y ago
Doctors would say health care is expensive because of the threat of lawsuits which forces them to carry expensive insurance. It's easier for hospitals to price gouge when they're billing a faceless corporation instead of an individual.
- ceejayoz 12y ago
  > Including legal fees, insurance costs, and payouts, the cost of all US malpractice suits comes to less than one-half of 1 percent of health-care spending. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2006/07/the_medical_malpractice_myth.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_exa...