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   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: dead@gone.com   
      
   On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:11:02 -0700, sms88 wrote:   
      
   > On 8/12/2012 11:21 AM, 3142 Dead wrote:   
   >   
   >> Of course, under private health care, the clinic would bill $600 for   
   >> three minutes because they need to cover their losses from uninsured   
   >> emergency care patients, and your insurance provider would cover that,   
   >> and since they are a business, fight some of the items covered,   
   >> incurring delays and expense for all sides, and then base their   
   >> premiums on the $600, the extra caused by penny-pound scrimping, and   
   >> then tack on 40% for profit and bonus packages for the CEO, etc.,   
   >> effectively doubling the price of that clinic visit.   
   >   
   > The Kaiser-Permanente model is what we need to move to. It's not a   
   > coincidence that all the top-rated health insurance companies are   
   > non-profits.   
      
   Obamacare's 80% rule makes that very likely.   
      
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