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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (506772)8/21/2009 12:09:53 PM
From: SilentZ  Respond to of 1576243
 
>So you think health insurance consists of nothing but worthless middlemen, despite the fact that they spread out the costs of health care over time and across its clientelle.

>Maybe that's why health insurance companies had to consolidate and merge.

They merge for the same reasons the financial companies do; larger companies = higher executive pay and more market power.

-Z



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (506772)8/21/2009 12:10:21 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576243
 
>So you think health insurance consists of nothing but worthless middlemen, despite the fact that they spread out the costs of health care over time and across its clientelle.

Not so much. If that really were the case, they wouldn't cut people for being sick.

>Maybe that's why health insurance companies had to consolidate and merge.

They merge for the same reasons the financial companies do; larger companies = higher executive pay and more market power.

-Z