Obamacare failures! Largest health insurer drops out!!!

[healthmyths]

Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges
The insurer will stop offering policies on the exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where it currently operates, according to a press release it issued Monday evening. Aetna (AET) will only sell Obamacare products in Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska and Virginia.
Aetna, which had 838,000 exchange customers at the end of June, said its policyholders are turning out to be sicker and costlier than expected.
The company, along with its peers, has criticized the federal program designed to mitigate those risks.

"Providing affordable, high-quality health care options to consumers is not possible without a balanced risk pool," said Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini.
Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges

See the issue was Obama never understood how health insurance works!
Case in point NOT ONE mention of Tort Reform as a major measure and here is the FACT.
90% of physicians say they order duplicate tests,specialists referrals..at a cost of over $850 billion a year!

http://www.jacksonhealthcare.com/media/8968/defensivemedicine_ebook_final.pdf
90% of physicians surveyed say they order $850 billion a year in wasted duplicate tests, referrals all out of FEAR of being SUED!
--- Emergency medicine, primary care, and OB/GYN physicians are most likely to practice defensive medicine.
--- 79 to 83% of surgeons and OB/GYNs have been named in lawsuits.
"Physicians contracted by the federal government practice significantly less defensive medicine as they are protected against lawsuits by the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act. "
-- BUT........Only 48% practice defensive medicine compared to 92% of non-government physicians.
Consider that fact that of the physicians interviewed, 52% DID NOT practice defensive medicine!
Who were the doctors that didn't practice "defensive medicine"?
Doctors contracted by federal government!
WHY did these doctors NOT practice "defensive medicine"??? 1946 Federal Tort reform Act!
The insurance companies don't care to argue these claims.
They pay the $850 billion. Simply raising premiums.
So how come Obamacare taxed tanning salons 10% because tanning causes tanning,
but they wouldn't tax lawyers' $270 Billion income.
If educated physicians are telling you they fear lawsuits and order duplicate tests, etc. why wasn't there any effort to reduce the $850 billion spent in duplicate testing,etc. possible?
The reason though lawyers were protected though is almost half of Congress and of course Obama are lawyers!
A simple reduction of the $850 billion a year in defensive medicine claims would have reduced the Aetna's claims cost and again THEY don't care because they simply raise their premiums!
So when Aetna wants to get out of Obamacare it's because they can't make that evil profit...which many of you ignorant dummies hold against Aetna and any other for profit organization...but you are so dumb!
It is out of these profits "RESERVES" are created. Without the "RESERVES" states' insurance regulators won't let insurance companies sell insurance. If the Aetnas' don't make profits ...no reserves... no state allows them to sell! It is that ...f....king SIMPLE but you idiots that are against "PROFITS" listen!
That's the ONLY way insurance companies can stay in the health insurance business.
So have Civilian TORT reform. Reduce the fear of Lawsuits! This WILL LOWER THE $850 BILLION A YEAR OF WASTED DUPLICATE TESTS,ETC.!!!

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Meh, it's all union farts and pixie dust.

 

[healthmyths]

Meh, it's all union farts and pixie dust.

That makes no sense. Wait... I get it... water on the brain???

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Meh, it's all union farts and pixie dust.

That makes no sense. Wait... I get it... water on the brain???

No.... just snarkiness. Carry on.

 

[PredFan]

Lol, 0bama's signature piece of legislation is going to fall apart before the fucktard even leaves office.

 

[easyt65]

This is the collapse of a tyranically imposed failed liberal agenda / law that was so KNOWINGLY / OBVIOUSLY horrific as a CONCEPT that the politicians who passed it Un-Constitutionally exempted themselves from it as soon as it was passed into LAW and before it went into effect!

The LIES told to promote it, the crooked way it was RAMMED into law against the will of the majority of the American people, and now its FAILURE and COLLAPSE completely SUMS UP the entire Obama Presidency!

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges
The insurer will stop offering policies on the exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where it currently operates, according to a press release it issued Monday evening. Aetna (AET) will only sell Obamacare products in Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska and Virginia.
Aetna, which had 838,000 exchange customers at the end of June, said its policyholders are turning out to be sicker and costlier than expected.
The company, along with its peers, has criticized the federal program designed to mitigate those risks.

"Providing affordable, high-quality health care options to consumers is not possible without a balanced risk pool," said Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini.
Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges

See the issue was Obama never understood how health insurance works!
Case in point NOT ONE mention of Tort Reform as a major measure and here is the FACT.
90% of physicians say they order duplicate tests,specialists referrals..at a cost of over $850 billion a year!

http://www.jacksonhealthcare.com/media/8968/defensivemedicine_ebook_final.pdf
90% of physicians surveyed say they order $850 billion a year in wasted duplicate tests, referrals all out of FEAR of being SUED!
--- Emergency medicine, primary care, and OB/GYN physicians are most likely to practice defensive medicine.
--- 79 to 83% of surgeons and OB/GYNs have been named in lawsuits.
"Physicians contracted by the federal government practice significantly less defensive medicine as they are protected against lawsuits by the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act. "
-- BUT........Only 48% practice defensive medicine compared to 92% of non-government physicians.
Consider that fact that of the physicians interviewed, 52% DID NOT practice defensive medicine!
Who were the doctors that didn't practice "defensive medicine"?
Doctors contracted by federal government!
WHY did these doctors NOT practice "defensive medicine"??? 1946 Federal Tort reform Act!
The insurance companies don't care to argue these claims.
They pay the $850 billion. Simply raising premiums.
So how come Obamacare taxed tanning salons 10% because tanning causes tanning,
but they wouldn't tax lawyers' $270 Billion income.
If educated physicians are telling you they fear lawsuits and order duplicate tests, etc. why wasn't there any effort to reduce the $850 billion spent in duplicate testing,etc. possible?
The reason though lawyers were protected though is almost half of Congress and of course Obama are lawyers!
A simple reduction of the $850 billion a year in defensive medicine claims would have reduced the Aetna's claims cost and again THEY don't care because they simply raise their premiums!
So when Aetna wants to get out of Obamacare it's because they can't make that evil profit...which many of you ignorant dummies hold against Aetna and any other for profit organization...but you are so dumb!
It is out of these profits "RESERVES" are created. Without the "RESERVES" states' insurance regulators won't let insurance companies sell insurance. If the Aetnas' don't make profits ...no reserves... no state allows them to sell! It is that ...f....king SIMPLE but you idiots that are against "PROFITS" listen!
That's the ONLY way insurance companies can stay in the health insurance business.
So have Civilian TORT reform. Reduce the fear of Lawsuits! This WILL LOWER THE $850 BILLION A YEAR OF WASTED DUPLICATE TESTS,ETC.!!!

One more chunk falls to the wayside just as the right predicted it would at its inception

 

[healthmyths]

Meh, it's all union farts and pixie dust.

That makes no sense. Wait... I get it... water on the brain???

No.... just snarkiness. Carry on.

That's funny... sorry!

 

[BluesLegend]

They will blame Bush and the GOP for their failure mark my words.

 

[healthmyths]

Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges
The insurer will stop offering policies on the exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where it currently operates, according to a press release it issued Monday evening. Aetna (AET) will only sell Obamacare products in Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska and Virginia.
Aetna, which had 838,000 exchange customers at the end of June, said its policyholders are turning out to be sicker and costlier than expected.
The company, along with its peers, has criticized the federal program designed to mitigate those risks.

"Providing affordable, high-quality health care options to consumers is not possible without a balanced risk pool," said Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini.
Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges

See the issue was Obama never understood how health insurance works!
Case in point NOT ONE mention of Tort Reform as a major measure and here is the FACT.
90% of physicians say they order duplicate tests,specialists referrals..at a cost of over $850 billion a year!

http://www.jacksonhealthcare.com/media/8968/defensivemedicine_ebook_final.pdf
90% of physicians surveyed say they order $850 billion a year in wasted duplicate tests, referrals all out of FEAR of being SUED!
--- Emergency medicine, primary care, and OB/GYN physicians are most likely to practice defensive medicine.
--- 79 to 83% of surgeons and OB/GYNs have been named in lawsuits.
"Physicians contracted by the federal government practice significantly less defensive medicine as they are protected against lawsuits by the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act. "
-- BUT........Only 48% practice defensive medicine compared to 92% of non-government physicians.
Consider that fact that of the physicians interviewed, 52% DID NOT practice defensive medicine!
Who were the doctors that didn't practice "defensive medicine"?
Doctors contracted by federal government!
WHY did these doctors NOT practice "defensive medicine"??? 1946 Federal Tort reform Act!
The insurance companies don't care to argue these claims.
They pay the $850 billion. Simply raising premiums.
So how come Obamacare taxed tanning salons 10% because tanning causes tanning,
but they wouldn't tax lawyers' $270 Billion income.
If educated physicians are telling you they fear lawsuits and order duplicate tests, etc. why wasn't there any effort to reduce the $850 billion spent in duplicate testing,etc. possible?
The reason though lawyers were protected though is almost half of Congress and of course Obama are lawyers!
A simple reduction of the $850 billion a year in defensive medicine claims would have reduced the Aetna's claims cost and again THEY don't care because they simply raise their premiums!
So when Aetna wants to get out of Obamacare it's because they can't make that evil profit...which many of you ignorant dummies hold against Aetna and any other for profit organization...but you are so dumb!
It is out of these profits "RESERVES" are created. Without the "RESERVES" states' insurance regulators won't let insurance companies sell insurance. If the Aetnas' don't make profits ...no reserves... no state allows them to sell! It is that ...f....king SIMPLE but you idiots that are against "PROFITS" listen!
That's the ONLY way insurance companies can stay in the health insurance business.
So have Civilian TORT reform. Reduce the fear of Lawsuits! This WILL LOWER THE $850 BILLION A YEAR OF WASTED DUPLICATE TESTS,ETC.!!!

One more chunk falls to the wayside just as the right predicted it would at its inception

Many of us tried to explain the false premise that Obamacare was based on i.e. "46 million uninsured Americans" but the power of the MSM PLUS what Obama's hired the architect, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Jonathan Gruber.
He suggested that many lawmakers and voters didn't know what was in the law or how its financing worked, and that this helped it win approval.
"Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage,” Gruber said. "And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical for the thing to pass."
Gruber made the comment while discussing how the law was "written in a tortured way" to avoid a bad score from the Congressional Budget Office. He suggested that voters would have rejected ObamaCare if the penalties for going without health insurance were interpreted as taxes, either by budget analysts or the public.
While analysts expect the market to stabilize once premiums rise and more young, healthy people sign up, some observers have not ruled out the possibility of a collapse of the market, known in insurance parlance as a “death spiral.”
ObamaCare architect: 'Stupidity' of voters helped bill pass

 

[easyt65]

'Stupidity of Voters'

Several audios/videos of a noted Democrat surfaced explaining how it is omly becauae of stupid liberals that Democrats can actually get away with what they're doing. Gruber even pointed out that Democrats COUNT on that continued stupidity.

And here we are today with this pathelogically lying, serial corrupt, national security threatening criminal running as the Democrats' candidate.

Trump? He's a 'Washington Establishment Protest' candidate for Conservatives. Hillary?Idiot liberals actually believe she's 'honest', 'trustworthy', and 'feels' their pain. Thank God idiots are in the minority, as approx 68% of Americans still KNOW she's untrustworthy.

 

[healthmyths]

'Stupidity of Voters'

Several audios/videos of a noted Democrat surfaced explaining how it is omly becauae of stupid liberals that Democrats can actually get away with what they're doing. Gruber even pointed out that Democrats COUNT on that continued stupidity.

And here we are today with this pathelogically lying, serial corrupt, national security threatening criminal running as the Democrats' candidate.

Trump? He's a 'Washington Establishment Protest' candidate for Conservatives. Hillary?Idiot liberals actually believe she's 'honest', 'trustworthy', and 'feels' their pain. Thank God idiots are in the minority, as approx 68% of Americans still KNOW she's untrustworthy.

Remember the other MAJOR contributor, i.e. the biased MSM continues to pump out negatives about Trump and positives about Hillary and fortunately it isn't working contrary to what the MSM's bleating about polls showing Hillary ahead.
The vast majority of "silent Americans" are not brave enough to stand up against the MSM/Hillary ignorance BUT when behind the voting booth curtain, their true feelings will be known and I predict a gigantic landslide simply because pundits and pollsters are calling it "close" or Hillary by large margins...again without taking consideration of the "silent majority"!

 

[Indeependent]

Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges
The insurer will stop offering policies on the exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where it currently operates, according to a press release it issued Monday evening. Aetna (AET) will only sell Obamacare products in Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska and Virginia.
Aetna, which had 838,000 exchange customers at the end of June, said its policyholders are turning out to be sicker and costlier than expected.
The company, along with its peers, has criticized the federal program designed to mitigate those risks.

"Providing affordable, high-quality health care options to consumers is not possible without a balanced risk pool," said Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini.
Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges

See the issue was Obama never understood how health insurance works!
Case in point NOT ONE mention of Tort Reform as a major measure and here is the FACT.
90% of physicians say they order duplicate tests,specialists referrals..at a cost of over $850 billion a year!

http://www.jacksonhealthcare.com/media/8968/defensivemedicine_ebook_final.pdf
90% of physicians surveyed say they order $850 billion a year in wasted duplicate tests, referrals all out of FEAR of being SUED!
--- Emergency medicine, primary care, and OB/GYN physicians are most likely to practice defensive medicine.
--- 79 to 83% of surgeons and OB/GYNs have been named in lawsuits.
"Physicians contracted by the federal government practice significantly less defensive medicine as they are protected against lawsuits by the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act. "
-- BUT........Only 48% practice defensive medicine compared to 92% of non-government physicians.
Consider that fact that of the physicians interviewed, 52% DID NOT practice defensive medicine!
Who were the doctors that didn't practice "defensive medicine"?
Doctors contracted by federal government!
WHY did these doctors NOT practice "defensive medicine"??? 1946 Federal Tort reform Act!
The insurance companies don't care to argue these claims.
They pay the $850 billion. Simply raising premiums.
So how come Obamacare taxed tanning salons 10% because tanning causes tanning,
but they wouldn't tax lawyers' $270 Billion income.
If educated physicians are telling you they fear lawsuits and order duplicate tests, etc. why wasn't there any effort to reduce the $850 billion spent in duplicate testing,etc. possible?
The reason though lawyers were protected though is almost half of Congress and of course Obama are lawyers!
A simple reduction of the $850 billion a year in defensive medicine claims would have reduced the Aetna's claims cost and again THEY don't care because they simply raise their premiums!
So when Aetna wants to get out of Obamacare it's because they can't make that evil profit...which many of you ignorant dummies hold against Aetna and any other for profit organization...but you are so dumb!
It is out of these profits "RESERVES" are created. Without the "RESERVES" states' insurance regulators won't let insurance companies sell insurance. If the Aetnas' don't make profits ...no reserves... no state allows them to sell! It is that ...f....king SIMPLE but you idiots that are against "PROFITS" listen!
That's the ONLY way insurance companies can stay in the health insurance business.
So have Civilian TORT reform. Reduce the fear of Lawsuits! This WILL LOWER THE $850 BILLION A YEAR OF WASTED DUPLICATE TESTS,ETC.!!!

And yet another Drudge worthy Thread Title.

 

[healthmyths]

Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges
The insurer will stop offering policies on the exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where it currently operates, according to a press release it issued Monday evening. Aetna (AET) will only sell Obamacare products in Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska and Virginia.
Aetna, which had 838,000 exchange customers at the end of June, said its policyholders are turning out to be sicker and costlier than expected.
The company, along with its peers, has criticized the federal program designed to mitigate those risks.

"Providing affordable, high-quality health care options to consumers is not possible without a balanced risk pool," said Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini.
Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges

See the issue was Obama never understood how health insurance works!
Case in point NOT ONE mention of Tort Reform as a major measure and here is the FACT.
90% of physicians say they order duplicate tests,specialists referrals..at a cost of over $850 billion a year!

http://www.jacksonhealthcare.com/media/8968/defensivemedicine_ebook_final.pdf
90% of physicians surveyed say they order $850 billion a year in wasted duplicate tests, referrals all out of FEAR of being SUED!
--- Emergency medicine, primary care, and OB/GYN physicians are most likely to practice defensive medicine.
--- 79 to 83% of surgeons and OB/GYNs have been named in lawsuits.
"Physicians contracted by the federal government practice significantly less defensive medicine as they are protected against lawsuits by the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act. "
-- BUT........Only 48% practice defensive medicine compared to 92% of non-government physicians.
Consider that fact that of the physicians interviewed, 52% DID NOT practice defensive medicine!
Who were the doctors that didn't practice "defensive medicine"?
Doctors contracted by federal government!
WHY did these doctors NOT practice "defensive medicine"??? 1946 Federal Tort reform Act!
The insurance companies don't care to argue these claims.
They pay the $850 billion. Simply raising premiums.
So how come Obamacare taxed tanning salons 10% because tanning causes tanning,
but they wouldn't tax lawyers' $270 Billion income.
If educated physicians are telling you they fear lawsuits and order duplicate tests, etc. why wasn't there any effort to reduce the $850 billion spent in duplicate testing,etc. possible?
The reason though lawyers were protected though is almost half of Congress and of course Obama are lawyers!
A simple reduction of the $850 billion a year in defensive medicine claims would have reduced the Aetna's claims cost and again THEY don't care because they simply raise their premiums!
So when Aetna wants to get out of Obamacare it's because they can't make that evil profit...which many of you ignorant dummies hold against Aetna and any other for profit organization...but you are so dumb!
It is out of these profits "RESERVES" are created. Without the "RESERVES" states' insurance regulators won't let insurance companies sell insurance. If the Aetnas' don't make profits ...no reserves... no state allows them to sell! It is that ...f....king SIMPLE but you idiots that are against "PROFITS" listen!
That's the ONLY way insurance companies can stay in the health insurance business.
So have Civilian TORT reform. Reduce the fear of Lawsuits! This WILL LOWER THE $850 BILLION A YEAR OF WASTED DUPLICATE TESTS,ETC.!!!

And yet another Drudge worthy Thread Title.

YUP... Total truth ! Not for sure a MSM headline!!!
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[Indeependent]

Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges
The insurer will stop offering policies on the exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where it currently operates, according to a press release it issued Monday evening. Aetna (AET) will only sell Obamacare products in Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska and Virginia.
Aetna, which had 838,000 exchange customers at the end of June, said its policyholders are turning out to be sicker and costlier than expected.
The company, along with its peers, has criticized the federal program designed to mitigate those risks.

"Providing affordable, high-quality health care options to consumers is not possible without a balanced risk pool," said Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini.
Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges

See the issue was Obama never understood how health insurance works!
Case in point NOT ONE mention of Tort Reform as a major measure and here is the FACT.
90% of physicians say they order duplicate tests,specialists referrals..at a cost of over $850 billion a year!

http://www.jacksonhealthcare.com/media/8968/defensivemedicine_ebook_final.pdf
90% of physicians surveyed say they order $850 billion a year in wasted duplicate tests, referrals all out of FEAR of being SUED!
--- Emergency medicine, primary care, and OB/GYN physicians are most likely to practice defensive medicine.
--- 79 to 83% of surgeons and OB/GYNs have been named in lawsuits.
"Physicians contracted by the federal government practice significantly less defensive medicine as they are protected against lawsuits by the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act. "
-- BUT........Only 48% practice defensive medicine compared to 92% of non-government physicians.
Consider that fact that of the physicians interviewed, 52% DID NOT practice defensive medicine!
Who were the doctors that didn't practice "defensive medicine"?
Doctors contracted by federal government!
WHY did these doctors NOT practice "defensive medicine"??? 1946 Federal Tort reform Act!
The insurance companies don't care to argue these claims.
They pay the $850 billion. Simply raising premiums.
So how come Obamacare taxed tanning salons 10% because tanning causes tanning,
but they wouldn't tax lawyers' $270 Billion income.
If educated physicians are telling you they fear lawsuits and order duplicate tests, etc. why wasn't there any effort to reduce the $850 billion spent in duplicate testing,etc. possible?
The reason though lawyers were protected though is almost half of Congress and of course Obama are lawyers!
A simple reduction of the $850 billion a year in defensive medicine claims would have reduced the Aetna's claims cost and again THEY don't care because they simply raise their premiums!
So when Aetna wants to get out of Obamacare it's because they can't make that evil profit...which many of you ignorant dummies hold against Aetna and any other for profit organization...but you are so dumb!
It is out of these profits "RESERVES" are created. Without the "RESERVES" states' insurance regulators won't let insurance companies sell insurance. If the Aetnas' don't make profits ...no reserves... no state allows them to sell! It is that ...f....king SIMPLE but you idiots that are against "PROFITS" listen!
That's the ONLY way insurance companies can stay in the health insurance business.
So have Civilian TORT reform. Reduce the fear of Lawsuits! This WILL LOWER THE $850 BILLION A YEAR OF WASTED DUPLICATE TESTS,ETC.!!!

And yet another Drudge worthy Thread Title.

YUP... Total truth ! Not for sure a MSM headline!!!

You strongly imply "total" as opposed to "most.
You believe the facts would work against your agenda?

 

[healthmyths]

Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges
The insurer will stop offering policies on the exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where it currently operates, according to a press release it issued Monday evening. Aetna (AET) will only sell Obamacare products in Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska and Virginia.
Aetna, which had 838,000 exchange customers at the end of June, said its policyholders are turning out to be sicker and costlier than expected.
The company, along with its peers, has criticized the federal program designed to mitigate those risks.

"Providing affordable, high-quality health care options to consumers is not possible without a balanced risk pool," said Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini.
Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges

See the issue was Obama never understood how health insurance works!
Case in point NOT ONE mention of Tort Reform as a major measure and here is the FACT.
90% of physicians say they order duplicate tests,specialists referrals..at a cost of over $850 billion a year!

http://www.jacksonhealthcare.com/media/8968/defensivemedicine_ebook_final.pdf
90% of physicians surveyed say they order $850 billion a year in wasted duplicate tests, referrals all out of FEAR of being SUED!
--- Emergency medicine, primary care, and OB/GYN physicians are most likely to practice defensive medicine.
--- 79 to 83% of surgeons and OB/GYNs have been named in lawsuits.
"Physicians contracted by the federal government practice significantly less defensive medicine as they are protected against lawsuits by the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act. "
-- BUT........Only 48% practice defensive medicine compared to 92% of non-government physicians.
Consider that fact that of the physicians interviewed, 52% DID NOT practice defensive medicine!
Who were the doctors that didn't practice "defensive medicine"?
Doctors contracted by federal government!
WHY did these doctors NOT practice "defensive medicine"??? 1946 Federal Tort reform Act!
The insurance companies don't care to argue these claims.
They pay the $850 billion. Simply raising premiums.
So how come Obamacare taxed tanning salons 10% because tanning causes tanning,
but they wouldn't tax lawyers' $270 Billion income.
If educated physicians are telling you they fear lawsuits and order duplicate tests, etc. why wasn't there any effort to reduce the $850 billion spent in duplicate testing,etc. possible?
The reason though lawyers were protected though is almost half of Congress and of course Obama are lawyers!
A simple reduction of the $850 billion a year in defensive medicine claims would have reduced the Aetna's claims cost and again THEY don't care because they simply raise their premiums!
So when Aetna wants to get out of Obamacare it's because they can't make that evil profit...which many of you ignorant dummies hold against Aetna and any other for profit organization...but you are so dumb!
It is out of these profits "RESERVES" are created. Without the "RESERVES" states' insurance regulators won't let insurance companies sell insurance. If the Aetnas' don't make profits ...no reserves... no state allows them to sell! It is that ...f....king SIMPLE but you idiots that are against "PROFITS" listen!
That's the ONLY way insurance companies can stay in the health insurance business.
So have Civilian TORT reform. Reduce the fear of Lawsuits! This WILL LOWER THE $850 BILLION A YEAR OF WASTED DUPLICATE TESTS,ETC.!!!

And yet another Drudge worthy Thread Title.

YUP... Total truth ! Not for sure a MSM headline!!!

You strongly imply "total" as opposed to "most.
You believe the facts would work against your agenda?

What "facts" work against my agenda? Plus what is "my agenda"?

Fact like there never were 46 million uninsured Americans?
there were 10 million Illegals counted as part of the 46 million.
there were 14 million Americans that BEFORE Obamacare were eligible for Medicaid... they just didn't know it!
There were 18 million Americans that DIDN"T WANT (under AGE 34...so didn't need) and could afford (made over $50,000 a year).
That left 5 million Americans in between situations i.e. unemployed, didn't reach poverty levels for Medicaid, pre-existing conditions,etc.
NOT 46 million!

 

[Indeependent]

Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges
The insurer will stop offering policies on the exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where it currently operates, according to a press release it issued Monday evening. Aetna (AET) will only sell Obamacare products in Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska and Virginia.
Aetna, which had 838,000 exchange customers at the end of June, said its policyholders are turning out to be sicker and costlier than expected.
The company, along with its peers, has criticized the federal program designed to mitigate those risks.

"Providing affordable, high-quality health care options to consumers is not possible without a balanced risk pool," said Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini.
Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges

See the issue was Obama never understood how health insurance works!
Case in point NOT ONE mention of Tort Reform as a major measure and here is the FACT.
90% of physicians say they order duplicate tests,specialists referrals..at a cost of over $850 billion a year!

http://www.jacksonhealthcare.com/media/8968/defensivemedicine_ebook_final.pdf
90% of physicians surveyed say they order $850 billion a year in wasted duplicate tests, referrals all out of FEAR of being SUED!
--- Emergency medicine, primary care, and OB/GYN physicians are most likely to practice defensive medicine.
--- 79 to 83% of surgeons and OB/GYNs have been named in lawsuits.
"Physicians contracted by the federal government practice significantly less defensive medicine as they are protected against lawsuits by the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act. "
-- BUT........Only 48% practice defensive medicine compared to 92% of non-government physicians.
Consider that fact that of the physicians interviewed, 52% DID NOT practice defensive medicine!
Who were the doctors that didn't practice "defensive medicine"?
Doctors contracted by federal government!
WHY did these doctors NOT practice "defensive medicine"??? 1946 Federal Tort reform Act!
The insurance companies don't care to argue these claims.
They pay the $850 billion. Simply raising premiums.
So how come Obamacare taxed tanning salons 10% because tanning causes tanning,
but they wouldn't tax lawyers' $270 Billion income.
If educated physicians are telling you they fear lawsuits and order duplicate tests, etc. why wasn't there any effort to reduce the $850 billion spent in duplicate testing,etc. possible?
The reason though lawyers were protected though is almost half of Congress and of course Obama are lawyers!
A simple reduction of the $850 billion a year in defensive medicine claims would have reduced the Aetna's claims cost and again THEY don't care because they simply raise their premiums!
So when Aetna wants to get out of Obamacare it's because they can't make that evil profit...which many of you ignorant dummies hold against Aetna and any other for profit organization...but you are so dumb!
It is out of these profits "RESERVES" are created. Without the "RESERVES" states' insurance regulators won't let insurance companies sell insurance. If the Aetnas' don't make profits ...no reserves... no state allows them to sell! It is that ...f....king SIMPLE but you idiots that are against "PROFITS" listen!
That's the ONLY way insurance companies can stay in the health insurance business.
So have Civilian TORT reform. Reduce the fear of Lawsuits! This WILL LOWER THE $850 BILLION A YEAR OF WASTED DUPLICATE TESTS,ETC.!!!

And yet another Drudge worthy Thread Title.

YUP... Total truth ! Not for sure a MSM headline!!!

You strongly imply "total" as opposed to "most.
You believe the facts would work against your agenda?

What "facts" work against my agenda? Plus what is "my agenda"?

Fact like there never were 46 million uninsured Americans?
there were 10 million Illegals counted as part of the 46 million.
there were 14 million Americans that BEFORE Obamacare were eligible for Medicaid... they just didn't know it!
There were 18 million Americans that DIDN"T WANT (under AGE 34...so didn't need) and could afford (made over $50,000 a year).
That left 5 million Americans in between situations i.e. unemployed, didn't reach poverty levels for Medicaid, pre-existing conditions,etc.
NOT 46 million!

Don't hyperbolize Thread Titles.

 

[healthmyths]

Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges
The insurer will stop offering policies on the exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where it currently operates, according to a press release it issued Monday evening. Aetna (AET) will only sell Obamacare products in Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska and Virginia.
Aetna, which had 838,000 exchange customers at the end of June, said its policyholders are turning out to be sicker and costlier than expected.
The company, along with its peers, has criticized the federal program designed to mitigate those risks.

"Providing affordable, high-quality health care options to consumers is not possible without a balanced risk pool," said Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini.
Aetna to pull out of most Obamacare exchanges

See the issue was Obama never understood how health insurance works!
Case in point NOT ONE mention of Tort Reform as a major measure and here is the FACT.
90% of physicians say they order duplicate tests,specialists referrals..at a cost of over $850 billion a year!

http://www.jacksonhealthcare.com/media/8968/defensivemedicine_ebook_final.pdf
90% of physicians surveyed say they order $850 billion a year in wasted duplicate tests, referrals all out of FEAR of being SUED!
--- Emergency medicine, primary care, and OB/GYN physicians are most likely to practice defensive medicine.
--- 79 to 83% of surgeons and OB/GYNs have been named in lawsuits.
"Physicians contracted by the federal government practice significantly less defensive medicine as they are protected against lawsuits by the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act. "
-- BUT........Only 48% practice defensive medicine compared to 92% of non-government physicians.
Consider that fact that of the physicians interviewed, 52% DID NOT practice defensive medicine!
Who were the doctors that didn't practice "defensive medicine"?
Doctors contracted by federal government!
WHY did these doctors NOT practice "defensive medicine"??? 1946 Federal Tort reform Act!
The insurance companies don't care to argue these claims.
They pay the $850 billion. Simply raising premiums.
So how come Obamacare taxed tanning salons 10% because tanning causes tanning,
but they wouldn't tax lawyers' $270 Billion income.
If educated physicians are telling you they fear lawsuits and order duplicate tests, etc. why wasn't there any effort to reduce the $850 billion spent in duplicate testing,etc. possible?
The reason though lawyers were protected though is almost half of Congress and of course Obama are lawyers!
A simple reduction of the $850 billion a year in defensive medicine claims would have reduced the Aetna's claims cost and again THEY don't care because they simply raise their premiums!
So when Aetna wants to get out of Obamacare it's because they can't make that evil profit...which many of you ignorant dummies hold against Aetna and any other for profit organization...but you are so dumb!
It is out of these profits "RESERVES" are created. Without the "RESERVES" states' insurance regulators won't let insurance companies sell insurance. If the Aetnas' don't make profits ...no reserves... no state allows them to sell! It is that ...f....king SIMPLE but you idiots that are against "PROFITS" listen!
That's the ONLY way insurance companies can stay in the health insurance business.
So have Civilian TORT reform. Reduce the fear of Lawsuits! This WILL LOWER THE $850 BILLION A YEAR OF WASTED DUPLICATE TESTS,ETC.!!!

And yet another Drudge worthy Thread Title.

YUP... Total truth ! Not for sure a MSM headline!!!

You strongly imply "total" as opposed to "most.
You believe the facts would work against your agenda?

What "facts" work against my agenda? Plus what is "my agenda"?

Fact like there never were 46 million uninsured Americans?
there were 10 million Illegals counted as part of the 46 million.
there were 14 million Americans that BEFORE Obamacare were eligible for Medicaid... they just didn't know it!
There were 18 million Americans that DIDN"T WANT (under AGE 34...so didn't need) and could afford (made over $50,000 a year).
That left 5 million Americans in between situations i.e. unemployed, didn't reach poverty levels for Medicaid, pre-existing conditions,etc.
NOT 46 million!

Don't hyperbolize Thread Titles.

A) Where is there hyperbole in the claim the largest health insurer "Aetna" drops out?
B) What is wrong with "hyperbole" Seems it's done all the time by the MSM in their headlines: For example:
Donald Trump’s Horrifying Anti-Immigrant Message Is Anything But New
Anti-Women, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-LGBTQ Crusader: Trump Finds 'Perfect Match' in Pence for VP
Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign is actually inspiring more Latinos to seek U.S. citizenship
See the one phrase "Anti-Immigrant" is so hyperbolic because
1) Trump is married to an immigrant..."legal" by the way.
2) The vast majority of us Trump supporters are either related (my daughter in law is a "legal Immigrant") or indirectly but all of us LOVE "LEGAL Immigrants"WHY?
Because you idiot... Almost ALL OF US at one time or another have ancestors that came to the USA as "immigrants!"

 

[Indeependent]

And yet another Drudge worthy Thread Title.

YUP... Total truth ! Not for sure a MSM headline!!!

You strongly imply "total" as opposed to "most.
You believe the facts would work against your agenda?

What "facts" work against my agenda? Plus what is "my agenda"?

Fact like there never were 46 million uninsured Americans?
there were 10 million Illegals counted as part of the 46 million.
there were 14 million Americans that BEFORE Obamacare were eligible for Medicaid... they just didn't know it!
There were 18 million Americans that DIDN"T WANT (under AGE 34...so didn't need) and could afford (made over $50,000 a year).
That left 5 million Americans in between situations i.e. unemployed, didn't reach poverty levels for Medicaid, pre-existing conditions,etc.
NOT 46 million!

Don't hyperbolize Thread Titles.

A) Where is there hyperbole in the claim the largest health insurer "Aetna" drops out?
B) What is wrong with "hyperbole" Seems it's done all the time by the MSM in their headlines: For example:
Donald Trump’s Horrifying Anti-Immigrant Message Is Anything But New
Anti-Women, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-LGBTQ Crusader: Trump Finds 'Perfect Match' in Pence for VP
Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign is actually inspiring more Latinos to seek U.S. citizenship
See the one phrase "Anti-Immigrant" is so hyperbolic because
1) Trump is married to an immigrant..."legal" by the way.
2) The vast majority of us Trump supporters are either related (my daughter in law is a "legal Immigrant") or indirectly but all of us LOVE "LEGAL Immigrants"WHY?
Because you idiot... Almost ALL OF US at one time or another have ancestors that came to the USA as "immigrants!"

I said it infers complete as opposed to partial.
Conservatives pride themselves on logic, or so I thought.

 

[healthmyths]

YUP... Total truth ! Not for sure a MSM headline!!!

You strongly imply "total" as opposed to "most.
You believe the facts would work against your agenda?

What "facts" work against my agenda? Plus what is "my agenda"?

Fact like there never were 46 million uninsured Americans?
there were 10 million Illegals counted as part of the 46 million.
there were 14 million Americans that BEFORE Obamacare were eligible for Medicaid... they just didn't know it!
There were 18 million Americans that DIDN"T WANT (under AGE 34...so didn't need) and could afford (made over $50,000 a year).
That left 5 million Americans in between situations i.e. unemployed, didn't reach poverty levels for Medicaid, pre-existing conditions,etc.
NOT 46 million!

Don't hyperbolize Thread Titles.

A) Where is there hyperbole in the claim the largest health insurer "Aetna" drops out?
B) What is wrong with "hyperbole" Seems it's done all the time by the MSM in their headlines: For example:
Donald Trump’s Horrifying Anti-Immigrant Message Is Anything But New
Anti-Women, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-LGBTQ Crusader: Trump Finds 'Perfect Match' in Pence for VP
Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign is actually inspiring more Latinos to seek U.S. citizenship
See the one phrase "Anti-Immigrant" is so hyperbolic because
1) Trump is married to an immigrant..."legal" by the way.
2) The vast majority of us Trump supporters are either related (my daughter in law is a "legal Immigrant") or indirectly but all of us LOVE "LEGAL Immigrants"WHY?
Because you idiot... Almost ALL OF US at one time or another have ancestors that came to the USA as "immigrants!"

I said it infers complete as opposed to partial.
Conservatives pride themselves on logic, or so I thought.

So it is OK for the MSM to make headlines like this:
Donald Trump hints at assassination of Hillary Clinton by gun rights ... from a statement like this:
Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish, the Second Amendment. By the way, and if she gets to pick --if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks.
Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know.
But I'll tell you what, that will be a horrible day, if -- if -- Hillary gets to put her judges in.
So which is it? OK for biased MSM to accuse Trump of wanting to assassinate Hillary but NOT ok for me to says Aetna drops out? They dropped out of 11 states!
That is a FACT!
But of course you are ignoring the gigantic "IMPLICATION" here that Obamacare is failing! That is a FACT!