Those are all about companies getting out of the exchanges. Not about company bottom lines.
As I mentioned, margins are flat so management is looking for ways to boost them. Getting
out of the worst parts of the exchanges and raising the cost is one way to do that. They're
doing the same out of the exchanges -getting out of the less profitable parts of the business
and raising cost of insurance for the rest.
Read the 10-K if you want to know what's really going on inside one of the insurance
companies. You can look them up here:
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
If you think that the insurance companies making a lot of money is incompatible
with obamacare not lowering costs, you are incorrect.
As I mentioned, both in the market place and out of the market place, insurance companiesLmao.....every company that is or has bailed clearly said they can not make money in the market place with Obama care
... you're really stretching sturd, or you are that stupid.
But don't worry about it. Donald will replace Obamacare with Trumpcare. Universal healthcare, the government will pay for it, you can have your plan, your doctor and so on...
Does this all sound familiar? Here we go again...
As I mentioned, both in the market place and out of the market place, insurance companies
are changing how and who they insure, and raising customer costs. Obamacare did nothing
to change that. But those companies are still making record money, contrary to what you
say, and you can go look it up.
Name calling, that always helps your argument.
If they say they are losing money, why isn't it reflected in their 10-K's? They can say, and
do say, anything to a reporter. But the 10-K better have the right numbers. I encourage you
to go look, as I have.
Besides, Obamacare doesn't set the prices on the marketplaces. The insurance companies do.
It's no different than any other marketplace with respect to price setting. If they set the
prices too low to make money, who's fault is that?
One that I follow closely, UnitedHealth Group, net earnings:
2010 - 4.634 Billion
2011 - 5.142
2012 - 5.526
2013 - 5.625
2014 - 5.619
Earnings per share(they've been buying back shares, part of the reason
their net is flat)
2010 - $4.14
2011 - 4.81
2012 - 5.38
2013 - 5.59
2014 - 5.78
dividends per share
2010 - $0.405
2011 - 0.6125
2012 - 0.80
2013 - 1.0525
2014 - 1.405
2015 not available yet. All above from page 35 of UNH 10-K for 2014
That are getting KILLED by Obamacare. Yep.
Now I know your just pulling s**t out of the air to make arguments, no one is that ignorant.
Have a great day.
Medicare for all! Donald and I are on the same page, I think, there. I'm assuming he
expects me, not taxes, to pay for it.
When the government madates insurance companies to cover pre existing conditions...it makes the insurance company harder to make money.
The companies can raise the price to pay for it. Most have.
Note that we still payed for it before but through taxes. Pre-existing conditions showed up
on your doorstep and got medicaid.