FACT CHECK: Health insurer profits not so fat

By Stephen C. WebsterMonday, February 8th, 2010 -- 8:09 pm Insurer spent nearly $9.5 million lobbying against health reforms; CEO's annual salary tops $10 million It's an issue that strikes at the core of America's health reform debate: How much should one have to pay to ensure their health care needs are met? Now take that price and inflate it by up to 39 percent -- just to get a feel for what it is like to be one of roughly 800,000 Anthem Blue Cross customers in California wh ...

Profits for five largest health insurers were up 56% in 2009. Let's hear a big round of applause for status quo. Just say no to health care reform and claim a sweeping partisan victory. What I want to know is how the obstructionists and their supporters sleep at night. http://blog.healthcareforamericanow.org/2010/02/11/insurers-enjoy-record-breaking-profits-as-they-cut-27-million-people-from-their-rolls/ ...

From factcheck.org. Very troubling that such an intelligent person would say and actually believe these things. ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fact_check ...

http://www.factcheck.org/2012/02/did-obama-approve-bridge-work-for-chinese-firms/ "This email is an example of how things get distorted and go viral — even when the facts are just a click away. It’s true that ABC News did a report on Chinese firms winning contracts to repair U.S. bridges. But the report pointedly said states were to blame. It didn’t mention federal funds — let alone stimulus funds — except to note that California turned down federal money to avoid ...

The facts: On September 12, the day after the attack that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Obama said in comments in the Rose Garden that he had learned about the attack on the consulate the night before. "Our country is only as strong as the character of our people and the service of those both civilian and military who represent us around the globe," he said. "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, ...

I prefer to call him a liar outright ...

WASHINGTON — Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print. Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill passes, experts say. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iVn9wrhB-3SF-Svo9kZyXd4bHRLAD9EG84VO0 ...

Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer's dime, a reformer without ties to powerful interests and a politician roguishly indifferent to high ambition. Palin goes adrift, at times, on more contemporary issues, too. She criticizes President Barack Obama for pushing through a bailout ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama did some cherry-picking Tuesday night in defense of his record on jobs and laid out a conditional path to citizenship for illegal immigrants that may be less onerous than he made it sound. A look at some of the claims in his State of the Union speech, a glance at the Republican counterargument and how they fit with the facts: OBAMA: "After years of grueling recession, our businesses have created over 6 million new jobs." THE FACTS: That' ...

Last updated Wednesday, Feburary 13th, at 12:23 a.m. PolitiFact is fact-checking President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as well as the rebuttal and reaction to the speech. We'll be collecting our fact-checks here as we finish them. Manufacturing jobs At several points in his State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama noted the importance of manufacturing to the nation’s economy."Our first priority is making America a magnet for new jobs and manufacturing, ...

What? Her story is embellished? Go figure. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/05/Fact-Check-Michelle-Obama-s-False-Fairy-Tale-of-Struggle ...

There are 47 counties in the United States that are projected to have no insurer participating in the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2018, according to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Insurers such as Anthem and Aetna have announced this year that they are planning exits from the marketplace, which will leave some areas with no options. The agency looked at health insurer announcements through June 9 and created a map to show which counties will have no Obam ...

What happens when your ailing son is about to exhaust a lifetime of health insurance benefits before his third birthday? Kelly Whaley came dangerously close to finding out...... ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fact_check_health_insurance _"I'm very pleased that (Democratic leaders) will be talking, too, about the immoral profits being made by the insurance industry and how those profits have increased in the Bush years." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who also welcomed the attention being drawn to insurers' "obscene profits." But were the Bush years golden ones for health insurers? Not judging by profit margins, prof ...

On Tuesday, the Census Bureau released its annual report on health insurance coverage in the United States. News media widely misconstrued the data and presented the problems facing the nation's health care system through a distorted lens. Many major news outlets made a basic error when reporting on the Census Bureau study. The Los Angeles Times wrote that "the number of Americans with no health insurance rose in 2010 to 49.9 million from 49 million the year before." But the figure c ...

As you know, there has been a "move your money" movement and the OWS occupation of Wall Street. Big banks, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan have recently reported a big drop in profits. The smaller regional banks are doing okay. (Yes, there are some like Citibank where things are getting better, but they really had no other direction to go as they had already bottomed out). I just want to congratulate the 99% for making a difference on Wall Street and in Wisconsin.& ...

Perhaps if we give them more tax breaks they can afford to hire some U.S. citizens. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/07/companies-profit_n_805696.html Big Companies Set For Best Fourth Quarter Profit Ever The Huffington Post | William Alden First Posted: 01- 7-11 09:22 AM | Updated: 01- 7-11 09:26 AM Even as unemployment remains high and Americans' finances slowly mend, big companies may be set for their most profitable ...

They pollute the waters and ship the oil to China. What is going on? ...

What is wrong with this picture? Class warfare? Just plain old greed. Sotheby's is in a labor dispute with the unionn that represents the art handlers working at the New York City auction house. The contract between the two parties expired on July 1st, 2011, and despite ongoing negotiations, there has been no agreement on a new contract. Local 814's stance is that because of Sotheby's record profits for 2010 (over $680 million), Local 814 should not be giving in to any of S ...

So....a friend is for our US health care reform (already retired and on Medicare) because he had no trouble going to Canada to get laser surgery on his eyes so he wouldn't have to wear glasses and states there is nothing wrong with the Canadian system....but, and I'm asking a serious question here, how long do people really wait for emergent surgery if they belong to the Canadian system versus the American system as we have it now? How did Canada get their health care system up and ru ...

Good ol' United Corporations of America!! ...

Right now, they are questioning Bill Sample, Microsoft's Corporate VP. Missed the beginning since I was at the grocery store, so I don't know when it started. ...

Take note of what the item is. Scroll down to middle of page, click on the "User Rating and Review Tab and read the 2nd review by a man. LOL Link below. ...

This is for a government job. Salary rates will be determined by degree: Substitute Teacher Bachelor Degree = $10.63 per hour Training Instructor High School Diploma or GED = $9.38 per hour yep you read that right, you are required to have 4 years of education for a little over $1 an hour more. Has the whole world gone mad?? https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/343683700 ...

FACT CHECK: Health insurer profits not so fat

Number 1: This is just a numbers game. (sm) - Nikki

The reason the stockholders' profits are not....sm - oldtimer

BINGO! (sm) - Nikki

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