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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:25 AM Original message |
Short Circuit to Universal Health Care |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. Blue Cross/Blue Shield is non-profit, |
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ibid (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Without National single payer, there are sales costs for "non-profit" |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Yep, I'm starting to see that |
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ibid (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. left-over non-profit assets have been deemed by the courts as property of |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. Here in NC = Blue Cross is actually a Not for Profit and was trying |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Info on the BCBS For-Profit Conversion |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Anthem already merged with Wellpoint |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. Its like credit unions vs banks |
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ihaveaquestion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. I believe the first HMO started as a non-profit.... |
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wtbymark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. it will be labeled as a socialist agenda |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. They could try to do that |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. I think Kaiser Permanente is (or was) non-profit |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Kaiser Permanente is gone. |
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ibid (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. they raise capital so as to grow the "reserves" - a single payer |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. There are a couple of things |
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Sir Jeffrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. Insurance by its very nature is a profitable venture... |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I believe you are correct |
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Spike from MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm in a non-profit HMO and I must say they provide excellent |
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hiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. greed |
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