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Alabama

yallerdawg

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3. Losing money?

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 10, 2016, 12:37 PM

Aug 2016

According to the article, the ACA portion of BCBS coverage in Alabama is 5%.

I wonder if the ACA had contemplated guaranteeing a profit in every facet of coverage to an incredibly profitable industry at the expense of taxpayers who subsidize the coverage of those who have been denied coverage and now are among the sickest to get coverage?

This is turning into Medicare without the cost controls, and guaranteed ridiculous profit margins for insurance companies and the healthcare industry!

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Blue Cross proposes rate hike of nearly 40 percent on some Obamacare plans [View all] yallerdawg Aug 2016 OP

If they are going through the federal exchanges, that implies that Alabama did not implement their still_one Aug 2016 #1

They lost 250 million Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #2

Losing money? yallerdawg Aug 2016 #3

Anthem is making very good money. Alabama may be a loss for them, and as you pointed out only 5% still_one Aug 2016 #4