Health Care Question for Rapunzel

[rapunzel]

No doubt our rates would be improved by universal health care and healthier lifestyles.

Very few hospitals make any profit, especially those with a high percentage of indigent patients.

In 2005 United Health Care's CEO William McGuire made $124.8 million, Aetna's CEO $22.2 million, Wellpoint's CEO $25 million, and Cigna's CEO $13.3 million.

Add to that what they pay lobbyists.

Very few hospitals make any profit at all? Are they giving you free Kool Aid in the cafeteria during your shift, Doctor?

Granted, I should have added insurance companies that are creating an oligopoly in the industry and monopolizing markets to that list.

Jeffrey C. Barbakow
Tenet Healthcare
$22,785 per hour, $116.4 million for 2002
Doesn't include new stock options with potential value of $72.4 million
--from USA Today, and the most recent number I could find after a good long search.