Spot on Uncle PIe Good to see someone lives in the eal wold
On Oct 25 12:20 PM Uncle Pie wrote:
> Healthcare in America is about 35% more costly per capita than it > is in other developed countries because the health insurance oligopoly > marks up the cost of health care by that much. Take a look at the > income statement of any of these companies. You'll find that about > 2/3rds of revenue goes to pay for actual health care (ie. claims) > and the other 1/3rd goes for overhead, executive compensation, dividends > to shareholders, etc. It's not hard to connect the dots. Trouble > is, such a costly system makes our labor costs non-competetive, and > leaves 48 million people without access to healthcare. The whole > system is on the verge on collapse which is the only reason the politicians > are paying any belated attention to the issue. I'd think twice before > investing in health insurance companies like WLP or AET or AIZ or > HUM and am not surprised by the low p/e ratios as their business > model is not long for this world. Health care costs per capita in > Canada are 1/3rd lower than ours and Canadians have a longer life > expectancy, according to figures in The Economist magazine and elsewhere. > Number of health insurance companies in Canada: Zero.
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Good to see someone lives in the eal wold
On Oct 25 12:20 PM Uncle Pie wrote:
> Healthcare in America is about 35% more costly per capita than it
> is in other developed countries because the health insurance oligopoly
> marks up the cost of health care by that much. Take a look at the
> income statement of any of these companies. You'll find that about
> 2/3rds of revenue goes to pay for actual health care (ie. claims)
> and the other 1/3rd goes for overhead, executive compensation, dividends
> to shareholders, etc. It's not hard to connect the dots. Trouble
> is, such a costly system makes our labor costs non-competetive, and
> leaves 48 million people without access to healthcare. The whole
> system is on the verge on collapse which is the only reason the politicians
> are paying any belated attention to the issue. I'd think twice before
> investing in health insurance companies like WLP or AET or AIZ or
> HUM and am not surprised by the low p/e ratios as their business
> model is not long for this world. Health care costs per capita in
> Canada are 1/3rd lower than ours and Canadians have a longer life
> expectancy, according to figures in The Economist magazine and elsewhere.
> Number of health insurance companies in Canada: Zero.
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