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I am beginning to think about how well non profit health insurance companies would work.

• wiredfool 12y ago
  Lots of health insurance companies are technically non-profits. Doesn't change their behavior. They accumulate huge amounts of excess reserves, and pay their executives like they're a for profit company.
  • yuhong 12y ago
    That is not what I am thinking of, of course.
    • inportb 12y ago
      What are you thinking of?
      • yuhong 12y ago
        Those that don't do such abuse, obviously.
        • malka 12y ago
          I think this[0] is what you are looking for [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_cooperative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_cooperative
• akgerber 12y ago
  Obama wondered the same thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_cooperative http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_cooperative http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/04/02/293327561/small-health-insurance-co-ops-seeing-early-success http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/04/02/293327561/small-h...