re: #326 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Regarding the third article… Is there a way to find out what the overall profit margin was? Those numbers may not be as exotic as they appear to be.

I’m not standing up for the insurance industry, but those numbers could be misleading.

TBH I wouldn’t be surprised if that number was inflated a bit, I don’t how this stuff is calculated and it’s being floated around on HCFA and other reform sites. Still, even a 25% increase in profits while denying a quarter to a third of all claims, and medical bills still the number one cause of bankruptcy, is rather obscene.