John Kuthe wrote:
> On Sep 15, 10:01 am, Bryan > wrote:
>> On Sep 15, 8:54 am, John Galt > wrote:
>>
>>> Bryan wrote:
>>>> On Sep 15, 7:04 am, John Galt > wrote:
>>>> A bunch of crap about greed being virtuous.
>>> Never said that. Who are you responding to?
>> Quote: "Profit in America is good..."
>>
>> The idea that profit, in itself, is a moral good is a twisted
>> ideology.
>>
>> I'm not a socialist. I recognize that self interest works to motivate
>> and spurs innovation, but the health insurance companies are
>> parasites. Even so, I'd like to see them slowly made irrelevant,
>> rather than done away with in short order as they so richly deserve,
>> because a sudden move to single payer would be too disruptive even in
>> more prosperous times.
>>
>> Ownership (ownability) is a social construct, not a sacred property
>> inherent in anything possessible, and many things just shouldn't be in
>> private, for-profit hands. Health insurance has proven to be one of
>> them.
>
> Which is exactly why all health insurers should be NOT FOR PROFIT
> corporations!!!
>
> John Kuthe...


They run on 2% margins now... BCBS is not-for-profit....

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Les Cargill