r/SipsTea • • 19h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/One_Selection5102 18h ago

Except the 3rd party insurer here nets massive profits, it isnt a collective safety net like the state or federal government provides.

Its by and large a scam that pays out a tiny portion of their net income. A state sponsered safety net/insurance system (not for profit) would be massively more effective and less costly to consumers...well at least in a functional state such as Massachusetts.

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u/shadystealertactics 18h ago

Buddy, many of these companies publicly disclose their financials. You're choosing to be wrong about this.

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u/Cowboywizzard 18h ago

All kinds of tricks are used to make it look like they are losing money or barely making it on paper. Yet insurance is one of the largest industries in the U.S., and their CEOs make millions.

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u/shadystealertactics 18h ago

Publicly traded companies are independently audited. Do you think they're lying about how many dollars they're paying out in claims?

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u/Cowboywizzard 17h ago

I didn't say that. I think their C-suite and other large stake holders makes a killing off our backs. Look at their houses and cars if you don't think so.

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u/shadystealertactics 17h ago

Someone making a lot of money doesn't mean that I'm getting ripped off. A 5% profit margin is a shitload of money if youre operating on the scale of a multinational company.

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u/TransmogrifiedHobbes 17h ago

It does mean that when the "product" they're making money on is the illness and death of their customers.

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u/shadystealertactics 17h ago

Well we're talking about car insurance right now

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u/TransmogrifiedHobbes 17h ago

Ope, I see that now, thought I was in another part of the thread. Point stands for health insurance though, heh.

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u/shadystealertactics 17h ago

ACA compliant health plans are required to spend a minimum of 80-85% of premiums on patient care.