• null@slrpnk.net
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    8 hours ago

    That’s an interesting little fantasy that’s brings us nicely back to the question you dodged, since you’re clinging again to this $16B number:

    And how much did they take in from premiums in 2024? How much of what they took in did they pay out to claimants?

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      3 hours ago

      Not a fantasy, it happens all the time. As for how much they “paid out” is irrelevant. It doesn’t matter how much Apple pays for their products. The point is simple. For Profit healthcare is just that, for Profit. Not for Health. Anyone with a moral compass would want a For Health, healthcare system. Profits should never be put above lives. The reason why Americans pay more than twice what Canadians pay and have to do so out of pocket while having a lower ranked healthcare system on many metrics is because of that for Profit system.

      Your question is to put simply, How much of the people’s money did they give back to the people when they needed it? And the answer is always, less than the people paid in. If the number is less than what people paid in, there should never have been a single denial or wait period.

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        55 minutes ago

        Not a fantasy, it happens all the time.

        Source?

        As for how much they “paid out” is irrelevant.

        Huh? It’s extremely relevant… The claim is that people are paying their premiums and then having their claims denied while the insurance company pockets the difference…

        And all of that is cute, but you’ve still failed to map your comparison to murder with a gun to prove that it was morally justified to murder Brian Thompson. Are you gonna get to that part ever?