I never said profit was bad. I said (more implied) that when the interests of the patient impact the interests of the shareholders, the patient will lose...every time.
You make it seem so easy to just switch healthcare insurance providers. Choosing the 'best' one is like trying to choose the 'best' STD...they all suck..just some less than others. On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You sound like a socialist making profit a bad word. > > A company that makes a profit is good for everyone. And if you as a > patient don;t like the company you get up and change to another. The > one that can stay in business by earning a profit and keep the > customers happy is the one that will last. That all changes next year > when health care is mandatory. They will now get your money whether > you're happy with the service or not. > > . > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The problem is most health insurance companies do not answer to those for > > whom they provide coverage, nor for any company with whom there is a > > 'group' plan. No, most health insurance companies answer to their > > shareholders. > > > > And shareholders typically demand a profit. > > > > That right these is the problem. Healthcare decisions in insurance > > companies are not based on what is best for the patient, rather, what is > > best for the shareholders, and rarely, if ever, will they both benefit at > > the same time. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361202 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
