Comment on Hospitals Are Mining Patients' Credit Card Data to Predict Who Will Get SickComments−yuhong12yI am beginning to think about how well non profit health insurance companies would work.−wiredfool12yLots of health insurance companies are technically non-profits. Doesn't change their behavior. They accumulate huge amounts of excess reserves, and pay their executives like they're a for profit company.−yuhong12yThat is not what I am thinking of, of course.−inportb12yWhat are you thinking of?−yuhong12yThose that don't do such abuse, obviously.−malka12yI think this[0] is what you are looking for[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_cooperative−akgerber12yObama wondered the same thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_cooperative http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/04/02/293327561/small-h...
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I am beginning to think about how well non profit health insurance companies would work.
Lots of health insurance companies are technically non-profits. Doesn't change their behavior. They accumulate huge amounts of excess reserves, and pay their executives like they're a for profit company.
That is not what I am thinking of, of course.
What are you thinking of?
Those that don't do such abuse, obviously.
I think this[0] is what you are looking for
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_cooperative
Obama wondered the same thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_cooperative http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/04/02/293327561/small-h...