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by tptacek 545 days ago
Yes. They're a part of the problem. Specifically: they are less than 10% of the problem. If you replaced them with Medicare, you would get somewhere between 1-5% off your health care bills, if everything went optimally.

Meanwhile: we are commenting on a story about someone murdering a health insurance executive.

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> Meanwhile: we are commenting on a story about someone murdering a health insurance executive.

Is this surprising? Motive is always of interest after a high profile crime. And apparently it requires assassination with manifesto to bring these robber barons into the spotlight. The only thing I find surprising is the use of a 3D printed gun instead of just buying one from a show or local gun store.