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by thallium205 902 days ago
Health insurance profits are capped by government. They aren’t immensely profitable in the strictest sense of the word. That’s why they had to refund premiums during COVID.
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A quick search shows they made more than 40 billion dollars in profit last year.

That seems immense to me.

> That seems immense to me.

From an emotional perspective sure. Their revenue is more than 1 trillion, so while less than 4% lower prices would be nice it wouldn't really fundamentally change anything.

Profit can be manipulated. Creating a giant bureaucracy of overpaid administrators and middlemen can siphon off any amount of money while declaring no profit.
> Profit can be manipulated

You mean costs can be inflated? Yes, the American healthcare system is extremely inefficient but that doesn't help the shareholders of those insurance companies at all.

Yes, I mean the amount that the cost is inflated by is much greater than 4%.