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He's already won ** -- MasterRusty 11/07/2019 11:21PM Biden is absolutely correct about Warren - he’s just really old and a bad -- CharlestonSC 11/07/2019 2:47PM It's not like Reagan was some sharp witted dude. However ... -- Blah 11/07/2019 3:28PM He was smart enough to landslide you in an Election -- TomKazanski 11/07/2019 4:42PM Tells me that there are more gullible idiots than smart people. ** -- 81_Hokie 11/07/2019 7:57PM Yes he did. Many thought we needed a businessman and change -- VaTechie 11/07/2019 5:02PM What do you mean "me?" I voted for neither Clinton nor Trump in 2016. -- Blah 11/07/2019 4:52PM Let me guess. Evan McMullen. ** -- hoothat 11/07/2019 5:21PM I've worked with two very successful narcissists, but both were -- HoosWillWin 11/07/2019 4:10PM The's the $10,000 question -- Beerman 11/07/2019 2:30PM The statements she been making will make it difficult for her to tack back -- JohnHoo2 11/07/2019 4:14PM Its what they do in Canada to get equivalent health care at half the cost -- Quaker 11/07/2019 2:09PM Insurance companies are absolute parasites on the system. -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 2:14PM CareFirst is a not-for-profit company, so not all insurance companies ** -- Brown Water 11/07/2019 2:46PM CareFirst raises my rates 10% every year in a < 2% inflation environment -- Quaker 11/07/2019 2:54PM What does that mean? Obviously senior management of non for profits -- BocaHoo91 11/07/2019 3:41PM I'm sure its all legal; that's what good accountants manage -- Quaker 11/07/2019 6:16PM Sure. I’m curious where you think -- BocaHoo91 11/07/2019 6:41PM In a nutshell, the insurance company can make a % of what they pay out -- Quaker 11/07/2019 8:02PM Well this is going well beyond the original subtopic of a not-for-profit -- BocaHoo91 11/07/2019 9:46PM An article or two if you're interested -- Quaker 11/07/2019 10:46PM Curious...what is the average profit % of a Healthcare based Ins. company? ** -- Tuckahokie 11/07/2019 2:41PM That's the wrong question IMO -- Hfbyrd 11/07/2019 3:37PM Ok, let's take that as a given. If Liz continues on this path (not sure -- hoolstoptheheels 11/07/2019 2:29PM Do you think those operating costs just disappear if govco starts doing it? -- Hoodafan 11/07/2019 2:22PM Every other country manages; why reinvent the wheel? -- Quaker 11/07/2019 2:52PM No reason on earth to charge me -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 2:35PM So no answer. How will govco shuffle that for less? ** -- Hoodafan 11/07/2019 2:42PM Medicare overhead is far less. ** -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 2:43PM Or you've been duped. Does govco pay less for buildings?Less for utilities? -- Hoodafan 11/07/2019 3:51PM I'm open to your showing a 20 per cent piss. But you can't. Cuz you enjoy -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 4:10PM Huh? ACA mandates 80% must go to docs, PT's etc you specified to start this -- Hoodafan 11/07/2019 5:18PM It's your argument here. How much? No matter how well lubed you stay for -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 5:23PM WTF is even your question? 20% Max can go to all operating expenses and -- Hoodafan 11/07/2019 6:07PM So they say, but I would love to see if that is really a fully burdened -- 81_Hokie 11/07/2019 2:59PM 7% is still a very long way from 20%. Very long. -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 4:12PM It's more than that...a real comparison would factor that private companies -- 81_Hokie 11/07/2019 4:34PM Exactly...there are other accounting games played as well -- Moneyshot 11/07/2019 3:30PM Tell me why it should cost me 2 grand to shuffle my 10 grand in premiums. ** -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 4:13PM Not Sure what’s that number comes from, but Medicare admin cost per patient -- Moneyshot 11/07/2019 4:21PM The link you provided says they are a lot lower, just not the 20-30% delta -- WahooRQ 11/07/2019 7:20PM No...you need to look at the “overhead expense per insured” -- Moneyshot 11/07/2019 8:10PM Show me the numbers. The 20% is what insurance companies can rip off. ** -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 4:28PM "20% insurance companies can rip off". Are you even trying to be honest? -- Hoodafan 11/07/2019 6:17PM Them...and the multitude of conference room builders...and the -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 6:22PM Read the WaPo article ** -- Moneyshot 11/07/2019 4:32PM The link took me to today's WaPo. Did I miss the article there? ** -- Shenhoo 11/07/2019 5:22PM Bad link...look at lower post ** -- Moneyshot 11/07/2019 6:30PM Sorry, link inside -- Moneyshot 11/07/2019 3:34PM Maybe living in her own echo chambers. Recently talking with my 23 yr -- hoolstoptheheels 11/07/2019 1:59PM While this is the one issue I more or less agree with her, (if -- HoosWillWin 11/07/2019 1:44PM The Canadian system is not the model to emulate ** -- Tuckahokie 11/07/2019 1:51PM So what country should we emulate -- VaTechie 11/07/2019 2:01PM France. Seriously. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 11/07/2019 4:41PM It doesn't matter; saying Canada is just a circular argument -- Quaker 11/07/2019 2:11PM ...except Canada is not significantly better ** -- Tuckahokie 11/07/2019 2:42PM Essentially equivalent at half the price is significantly better ** -- Quaker 11/07/2019 2:50PM How are you defining "essentially equivalent"? -- BocaHoo91 11/07/2019 3:11PM Pick whatever is best (I have no idea) and then apply American -- HoosWillWin 11/07/2019 3:44PM My hypothesis--most of the serious consumers of healthcare in the US are in -- southdenverhoo 11/07/2019 3:41PM I think your corollary is dead wrong -- BocaHoo91 11/07/2019 3:47PM I’m guessing the percentage of people who have private insurance -- 111Balz 11/08/2019 06:58AM I don't think people declare bankruptcy over $5K. -- BocaHoo91 11/08/2019 07:05AM Yeah let them eat crackers! Seriously I think -- 111Balz 11/08/2019 07:10AM And I think you underestimate how much people make -- BocaHoo91 11/08/2019 07:46AM Isn't Socialism the equal spreading of misery? (since its Churchill day :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 11/07/2019 3:38PM If you are in an accident, have a heart attack, or other life threatening -- Tuckahokie 11/07/2019 2:57PM My brother in law (Vancouver) whined and whined about his bone spurs -- Quaker 11/07/2019 3:06PM You left out bankruptcy -- Hfbyrd 11/07/2019 3:41PM This is absolutely key. That isn't a problem in other countries. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 11/07/2019 4:44PM I believe the German model has been considered the gold standard... -- Hoodeac 11/07/2019 2:10PM I believe France is even more highly rated. They do things very -- HoosQ 11/07/2019 2:17PM That sounds REALLY low.... but yeah, I'd bet it's far less than docs in -- BocaHoo91 11/07/2019 2:37PM France or Germany. ** -- BocaHoo91 11/07/2019 2:10PM Cool, I really want to know what others think. -- VaTechie 11/07/2019 2:11PM I'm far from an expert on either country's health care system, but my -- BocaHoo91 11/07/2019 2:22PM Yeah, look at that PDF -- VaTechie 11/07/2019 2:28PM Read "The Healing of America" by T.R. Reid for interesting history and -- Seattle .Hoo 11/07/2019 4:51PM Where she is getting the money is not an issue. Mexico is paying for it ** -- WahooMatt05 11/07/2019 1:47PM Not the Chinese tarrifs? That's biilions coming in. ** -- Hoodeac 11/07/2019 2:03PM It all finally makes sense. ** -- HoosWillWin 11/07/2019 1:48PM In all seriousness, paying for her aspirational goals is way down the list -- WahooMatt05 11/07/2019 1:52PM Well, that's life. This is Trump's genius - he is a brilliant self -- hoolstoptheheels 11/07/2019 2:10PM Bill Maher closed his show a couple of weeks ago with a similar point -- Late 80s Hokie 11/07/2019 1:39PM Pretty sure that was Warren too ** -- wahoo138 11/07/2019 1:59PM Our healthcare system is broken -- WahooMatt05 11/07/2019 1:37PM I don't know so I am asking, but how much of that is, say, gun violence? or -- 81_Hokie 11/07/2019 1:57PM Well, road kill is fattening (:>) ** -- VaTechie 11/07/2019 2:04PM Why would anyone want what we currently have? Because I'd bet if -- BocaHoo91 11/07/2019 1:52PM Agree that it is broken, but Obamacare was never a viable solution -- Hoo23 11/07/2019 1:49PM Originally it was a Republican plan. ** -- hooshouse 11/07/2019 3:04PM Agree, when you try to do something bold and knew, you need to revisit -- VaTechie 11/07/2019 1:53PM He is a genius and started a wall repair company before the wall was built ** -- 81_Hokie 11/07/2019 1:59PM I’m just not a fan. -- fphoo 11/07/2019 1:23PM The dems great hope. Impeachment and removal or a recession. That’s the -- moohoofus 11/07/2019 1:35PM What does this comment have to do with my post? ** -- fphoo 11/07/2019 1:54PM What does it have to do with anything, objective reality included? ** -- southdenverhoo 11/07/2019 2:35PM