H the K wrote:
On 10/15/09 4:44 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:55:33 -0400, H the K
wrote:

I think the health insurers should lose their anti-trust exemptions.
Frankly, I don't know what public purpose private, for-profit health
insurers serve.

What function does insurance in general have?
Do you want the government to write life, homeowner's and car
insurance too?
They already write flood


Being opposed to private, for-profit health insurance does not mean I
want to put government in its place. There's no reason why truly
not-for-profit companies couldn't handle the job. I do favor a
government-run but not necessarily government-underwritten option for
those who want one.


You are beginning to sound like Princess Little Feather. You want a
private, not for profit company to fund a government managed health
plan. Sure. I want in. Where do I sign up?

"Jim" wrote in message
...
H the K wrote:
On 10/15/09 4:44 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:55:33 -0400, H the K
wrote:

I think the health insurers should lose their anti-trust exemptions.
Frankly, I don't know what public purpose private, for-profit health
insurers serve.

What function does insurance in general have?
Do you want the government to write life, homeowner's and car
insurance too?
They already write flood


Being opposed to private, for-profit health insurance does not mean I
want to put government in its place. There's no reason why truly
not-for-profit companies couldn't handle the job. I do favor a
government-run but not necessarily government-underwritten option for
those who want one.


You are beginning to sound like Princess Little Feather. You want a
private, not for profit company to fund a government managed health plan.
Sure. I want in. Where do I sign up?

Right here..cupcake. That's exactly what we have in Nova Scotia.
Medavie Blue Cross administers our MSI, Seniors Pharmacare, Family Drug
Plan & Childhood Dental Plan + the Diabetes Program

Don White wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
...
H the K wrote:
On 10/15/09 4:44 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:55:33 -0400, H the K
wrote:

I think the health insurers should lose their anti-trust exemptions.
Frankly, I don't know what public purpose private, for-profit health
insurers serve.
What function does insurance in general have?
Do you want the government to write life, homeowner's and car
insurance too?
They already write flood

Being opposed to private, for-profit health insurance does not mean I
want to put government in its place. There's no reason why truly
not-for-profit companies couldn't handle the job. I do favor a
government-run but not necessarily government-underwritten option for
those who want one.


You are beginning to sound like Princess Little Feather. You want a
private, not for profit company to fund a government managed health plan.
Sure. I want in. Where do I sign up?

Right here..cupcake. That's exactly what we have in Nova Scotia.
Medavie Blue Cross administers our MSI, Seniors Pharmacare, Family Drug
Plan & Childhood Dental Plan + the Diabetes Program



Sacrebleu Save the sweet talk for the lonely princess. Did you know that
managed and administered are essentially the same. So unless Blue Cross
is the government you are way far out mistaken.

Don White wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
...
H the K wrote:
On 10/15/09 4:44 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:55:33 -0400, H the K
wrote:

I think the health insurers should lose their anti-trust exemptions.
Frankly, I don't know what public purpose private, for-profit health
insurers serve.
What function does insurance in general have?
Do you want the government to write life, homeowner's and car
insurance too?
They already write flood

Being opposed to private, for-profit health insurance does not mean I
want to put government in its place. There's no reason why truly
not-for-profit companies couldn't handle the job. I do favor a
government-run but not necessarily government-underwritten option for
those who want one.


You are beginning to sound like Princess Little Feather. You want a
private, not for profit company to fund a government managed health plan.
Sure. I want in. Where do I sign up?

Right here..cupcake. That's exactly what we have in Nova Scotia.
Medavie Blue Cross administers our MSI, Seniors Pharmacare, Family Drug
Plan & Childhood Dental Plan + the Diabetes Program



Crappy health care at a premium price! And, no, it's not "free".

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:12:21 -0400, somebody wrote:

There's no reason why truly
not-for-profit companies couldn't handle the job.

That's a great idea, don' know why I didn't think of it first. Let's
put together a group of like minded entrepreneurs, invest some money,
and start a private not-for-profit company to do this.

Oh wait, what's our incentive? How do we get compensated for our
time, effort and risk?

The devil is always in the details.

Marx and Lenin founded an economic system with no incentives for risk
and effort. We all know how that turned out.

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:56:09 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:12:21 -0400, somebody wrote:

There's no reason why truly
not-for-profit companies couldn't handle the job.

That's a great idea, don' know why I didn't think of it first. Let's
put together a group of like minded entrepreneurs, invest some money,
and start a private not-for-profit company to do this.

That's exactly how Blue Cross\Blue Shield started, and some of them are
still non-profit.

Oh wait, what's our incentive? How do we get compensated for our time,
effort and risk?

The devil is always in the details.

Marx and Lenin founded an economic system with no incentives for risk
and effort. We all know how that turned out.

thunder wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:56:09 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:12:21 -0400, somebody wrote:

There's no reason why truly
not-for-profit companies couldn't handle the job.
That's a great idea, don' know why I didn't think of it first. Let's
put together a group of like minded entrepreneurs, invest some money,
and start a private not-for-profit company to do this.

That's exactly how Blue Cross\Blue Shield started, and some of them are
still non-profit.

Oh wait, what's our incentive? How do we get compensated for our time,
effort and risk?

The devil is always in the details.

Marx and Lenin founded an economic system with no incentives for risk
and effort. We all know how that turned out.


I know of a non profit that was aquired, merged, what ever you want to
call it. the $25 mil in non profitable assets was partially distributed
amongst the high level management. I suppose the IRS cannot claim any of
that money.