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Big 3 insurers
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Big 3 insurers


Mar 29, 2020, 7:54 PM

Have now announced they will cover costs of Covid-19 treatments fully without applying deductibles. Maybe just a PR move but will be welcomed by those affected.

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Insurers will make their money


Mar 29, 2020, 7:56 PM

Either now or thru future cost increases. They have no sacrifices.

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Pure PR... Profiteering now would get very ugly...***


Mar 29, 2020, 7:58 PM



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Re: Big 3 insurers


Mar 29, 2020, 8:13 PM



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Re: Big 3 insurers


Mar 29, 2020, 8:14 PM



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Costs go up. Benefits get worse.


Mar 29, 2020, 8:20 PM [ in reply to Re: Big 3 insurers ]

CEOs still make $20m.

Big issue is the cost of medical support.

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Re: Costs go up. Benefits get worse.


Mar 29, 2020, 8:24 PM



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Do you pay your own insurance?***


Mar 29, 2020, 8:26 PM



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Re: Do you pay your own insurance?***


Mar 29, 2020, 8:34 PM



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Over one third of all healthcare costs in the U.S. were due


Mar 29, 2020, 8:26 PM [ in reply to Re: Big 3 insurers ]

to insurance company overhead and provider time spent on billing, versus about 17% spent on administration in Canada, researchers reported in Annals of Internal Medicine.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-costs-administration/more-than-a-third-of-u-s-healthcare-costs-go-to-bureaucracy-idUSKBN1Z5261

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Re: Over one third of all healthcare costs in the U.S. were due


Mar 29, 2020, 8:31 PM



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Nobody makes you use them but the economy can’t


Mar 29, 2020, 10:17 PM [ in reply to Re: Big 3 insurers ]

function without them? That’s curious.

Seems to me they’re healthcare subsidy businesses and not actually insurance.

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Re: Nobody makes you use them but the economy can’t


Mar 29, 2020, 10:31 PM



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Mortgages may be the worst comparison to use when defending


Mar 29, 2020, 10:35 PM

the health insurance industry.

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Re: Mortgages may be the worst comparison to use when defending


Mar 29, 2020, 10:41 PM



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Because the average poster here qualifies for


Mar 29, 2020, 10:44 PM

a mortgage where you can reliably forecast your payment and cost of ownership for the years 2021 and 2045.

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Re: Because the average poster here qualifies for


Mar 29, 2020, 10:53 PM



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You could have all of those additional risky products, sure


Mar 29, 2020, 10:56 PM

You don’t have to weigh life or death decisions over the decision to purchase them though.

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Re: You could have all of those additional risky products, sure


Mar 29, 2020, 11:00 PM



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We get it, you work for an insurance company.***


Mar 29, 2020, 11:04 PM



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Re: We get it, you work for an insurance company.***


Mar 29, 2020, 11:07 PM



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Who hurt you?***


Mar 29, 2020, 11:08 PM



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You’re a very angry person.***


Mar 29, 2020, 11:01 PM [ in reply to Re: Nobody makes you use them but the economy can’t ]



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Re: You’re a very angry person.***


Mar 29, 2020, 11:06 PM



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Try not to lose sleep over morans on twitter.


Mar 29, 2020, 11:13 PM

When people post stuff that’s factually inaccurate, correct them. And use dependable sources so they know it’s not just your opinion.

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