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   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
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   "sms88"  wrote in message   
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   > On 8/12/2012 12:18 PM, 3142 Dead wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:11:02 -0700, sms88 wrote:   
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   >>> On 8/12/2012 11:21 AM, 3142 Dead wrote:   
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   >>>> 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.   
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   >> Obamacare's 80% rule makes that very likely.   
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   > 20% is perfectly reasonable. Few companies make more than 20% after taxes.   
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   > Following the logic of the API, which claims that oil companies make less   
   > than 7% profit, 20% is extremely generous.   
      
   Give things like depletion allowances is that any wonder?   
      
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