Frankly I think all these insurance companies going for an instant 39% increase in fees are coordinating with Obama to push for socialized medicine.
Having only the government pay would make bigger payments to them an d they could fire their billing department.
“Frankly I think all these insurance companies going for an instant 39% increase in fees are coordinating with Obama to push for socialized medicine.”
That is exactly what I was thinking. They are in cahoots with Obama.
From Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)
Since the beginning of the Medicare program, CMS (Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services) has contracted with private companies to operate as intermediaries between the government and medical providers. These contractors are commonly already in the insurance or health care area. Contracted processes include claims and payment processing, call center services, clinician enrollment, and fraud investigation.
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These contractors fall under State supervision - so there is huge funding involved. You have stumbled on the mother lode. This will be a fight for territory. Maybe the Dems have determined there has to be some *across State lines* component to their takeover.
That’s exactly what that was. The problem is that even when the Rats force this crap through, health insurance premiums will continue to go up but they’ll claim “not as much without the bill”.
I have private insurance and in the past 5 years my premium increased from $163 a month to now $192 a month. Not bad.
Yes exactly!!! Doesn't it seem counterproductive of the insurance companies -- and haven't they been awfully meek as lambs when obummer is supposedly roaring in their direction? -- to be raising their fees just when the populace is turning away from government regulated "insurance" reform mandates (euphemisms non withstanding!)???
Wouldn't it have been more prudent of them to keep their heads down at this time and keep the rates as low as possible and their services efficient and amenable???
Maybe not!
In this topsy-turvey world of ours, what I have learned most is that when an obummer type politician tells you it's white, you know it must be black and vice versa.
If they did, it would have left a trail--