Comments on: Insurance Companies and the Cost of Health Care http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/06/25/insurance-companies-and-the-cost-of-health-care/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tips For Understanding The World Of Insurance | Insurance Advisor http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/06/25/insurance-companies-and-the-cost-of-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-591533 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 23:51:47 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=62980#comment-591533 […] When you want to look for a newer insurance plan, check if your state provides insurance companies&#8217. Information and rates. The state insurance department can give you a general overview of insurance rates. They can also provide specific information about insurance agents and insurance companies. […]

]]> By: Tips On How To Get Cheap Car Insurance Rates | Insurance Advisor http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/06/25/insurance-companies-and-the-cost-of-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-591408 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:37:27 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=62980#comment-591408 […] rating. It’s not wellknown that car insurance companies will run a check on your credit. Auto insurance companies started pulling credit when it was found that people with bad credit make more claims. If you keep […]

]]> By: Gregkumar http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/06/25/insurance-companies-and-the-cost-of-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-591345 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 10:29:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=62980#comment-591345 Hi Jay Livingston, I love your site and what you’re doing to educate people interested in Insurance Companies. I’m also very interested in Insurance Companies and found some great videos that helped me learn quite a bit more on the subject. Check them out when you get a chance; I think you and your readers will appreciate them too. http://www.viddy-up.com/learn-howto/health-fitness/

]]> By: Bill R http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/06/25/insurance-companies-and-the-cost-of-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-591306 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:25:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=62980#comment-591306 Interesting data, but useless to your argument. Your story needs to explain to us why the % of total $ spent on healthcare that ends up in non-loss payments by insurers is excessive. That would be the insurers’ overhead payment for managing things. Obamacare sets this at 80% overall and 85% for large group policies. So the insurers are supposed to get between 15% and 20% of their premium dollars to cover administration (including all those salaries) plus profits for their shareholders. Companies are not going to earn big PE ratios that way…

Talking about the salaries of CEOs vs. EMTs is a story for an different agenda entirely and is out of place in your argument. And paying someone less than $600,000 to act as CEO seems like a bargain to me.

Finally, we can argue about the efficacy of having insurers manage the system in the first place, and while I’m not a fan I have no idea how anyone could change it politically in America at this time. But that’s a different issue too.

]]> By: Happy Blogiversary, Judicial Edition – Bridget Magnus and the World as Seen from 4'11" http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/06/25/insurance-companies-and-the-cost-of-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-591287 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 01:42:53 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=62980#comment-591287 […] Closing: girls; your money or your life; modern slavery; prudence; someone got paid to find out that a lot of people have no […]

]]> By: PhoebeCDonmoyer http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/06/25/insurance-companies-and-the-cost-of-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-591278 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:11:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=62980#comment-591278 Insurance company executives, summoned to Congressional hearings, stood their ground and offered some misleading statistics. http://num.to/7455-5745-8441

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