http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2011/12/02/the-bomb-buried-in-obamacare-explodes-today-halleluja/
"This is the true `bomb' contained in Obamacare .......the medical loss ratio, that requires health insurancecompanies to spend 80% of the consumers' premium dollarsthey collect -- 85% for large group insurers -- onactual medical care rather than overhead, marketingexpenses and profit. Failure on the part of insurers tomeet this requirement will result in the insurers havingto send their customers a rebate check representing theamount in which they underspend on actual medical care."
"...there is absolutely no way for-profithealth insurers are going to be able to learn how to getby and still make a profit while being forced to spendat least 80 percent of their receipts providing theircustomers with the coverage for which they paid. If theycould, we likely would never have seen the extraordinaryefforts made by these companies to avoid paying benefitsto their customers at the very moment they need it the most."
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there may well be a briar patch scam underway here
who plucked this 80-85 ratio
off the local sky hook anyway
but regardless
the headline is the thing
"inescapable path to a single-payer system "
Posted by op | December 10, 2011 12:58 PM
Posted on December 10, 2011 12:58
But cf. this item also from Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2011/12/03/what-bomb-buried-in-obamacare/
Posted by MJS | December 10, 2011 12:58 PM
Posted on December 10, 2011 12:58
i think accounting magic
in combination with timing non sync between inflows and outflows
will make the briary of 80-85% a comfort zone extra-ordinaire
a floor ratio put in place
two shaggy dog stories too low
Posted by op | December 10, 2011 2:20 PM
Posted on December 10, 2011 14:20
in other words there are flows and there are flows
and a miss match is often as good or better
then a match
now of course
some diabolical horny fingered
green eye shade type
given full access
subpena powers
budget
and time enough
could get to the short hairs of this
and put the flesh of said cast iron regulation
squarely around the spirit of same
and
not off on a side track
near a false bottom boat
full of Orwelliam mixed metaphors
and a dead meat rack a mile long
but all things considered and gathering together a million loose ends
i wouldn't count on it dorothy
Posted by op | December 10, 2011 2:31 PM
Posted on December 10, 2011 14:31
It's from fucking Forbes for Christ's sake. Don't believe ANYTHING from this whiny billionaire's rag,he's worse than fucking Murdoch.
Posted by par4 | December 11, 2011 9:35 AM
Posted on December 11, 2011 09:35
I can't imagine anything worse than fucking Murdoch. Except metaphorically, of course.
Posted by MJS | December 11, 2011 9:46 PM
Posted on December 11, 2011 21:46
Obamaphiles are forever discovering hidden progressive legislative devices. They headline the rigorous requirements and pay scanty attention to the corporate absolution fine print. The fine print rejiggers the basis for judging the rigor of the requirements. Lo! It appears, like magic, that the regulated industry is now in greater compliance than it ever was before and the compliance has been thoughtfully grandfathered to handle ongoing or pending litigation.
Posted by Al Schumann | December 12, 2011 10:24 AM
Posted on December 12, 2011 10:24