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Old 01-11-2017, 03:17 AM  
Paul Markham
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The companies profited on current customers but suffered HUGE losses with Obamacare.

Humana, one of the nation’s top health insurers, is pulling out of ObamaCare plans in all but a handful of states after a year of nearly $1 billion in losses.
Humana to leave key ObamaCare markets | TheHill

It shouldn't come as a huge surprise. UnitedHealth had previously said that it lost $475 million on the ACA exchanges last year and could lose another $500 million this year.

UnitedHealthcare to exit most Obamacare exchanges - Apr. 19, 2016
Are you in favour of companies being able to maximise profits like this?

Or would you like a better system that costs half the money?

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It's really going to ruffle your feathers when Paul proposes an actual sensible plan isn't it? Obama's legacy disaster of a bill gone and replaced by a republican.

"The freedom to choose inexpensive insurance free of government dictates," Rand Paul
Seems you're against such a better and cheaper system.

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Sorry, but you can't expect a for profit business to act like a government and/or charity. They have investors to answer to. If there's an area of the business taking on huge losses it's their responsibility to cut it out.
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There's only so many billions one can lose. Again these aren't charities or governments.
And ready to get ass raped as well. What happens when a for-profit company decides you've become to expensive to carry after years of making them money?
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