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5 of the most frustrating health insurer tactics and why they exist
The murder of a health care insurance executive has brought scrutiny to the ways that insurance companies can make it difficult for insured patients to get the care they need.The Conversation
Since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, the top five health insurers’ annual profits have jumped 230 percent, with much of that going to #UnitedHealthcare
America’s largest health insurers have raked in more than $371 billion in profits since the passage of the #aca.
More than 40 percent of that net income went to UnitedHealth Group, whose annual profits skyrocketed by nearly 400 percent while the company denied nearly one in three medical claims from its policyholders.
Insurers garnered these profits as the average American families’ premiums have risen to nearly $26,000 a year. In all, since the ACA was passed in 2010, more than $9 trillion of revenue has flowed to the country’s largest health insurance companies.
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