According to Health Care for America Now, the companies WellPoint, CIGNA, UnitedHealth Group, Aetna Inc. and Humana posted cumulative profits of $12.2 billion. That marks a $4.4 billion, or 56 percent, increase over 2008 and amounts to an average profit margin of 5.2 percent. Health Care for America Now says the insurers’ record year was aided by three factors: dropping customers with costly medical needs; diverting spending from medical care to administrative costs and margins; and a higher enrollment in public programs, like Medicare Advantage, that pay insurers higher fees. Overall, the insurance companies dropped 2.7 million customers from their rolls last year.
It boggles my mind, what is it that makes people vote against their best interests. Perfectly happy having these guys between themselves and their doctor, but a government official? Hell no. Everyone knows the government is completely incompetent, that's why we only let it take care of the nation's defense, policies, justice system, education, taxation, public safety and couple other minor things that they can handle.