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Link? Which large companies are self-insured?

Posted on: May 4, 2017 at 21:42:26 CT

Spanky KU

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I have worked for several fortune 500 companies and none of them were self-insured. Not a single one. Please identify for me which of the fortune 500 companies self-insure for medical insurance.

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Looking at the numbers...if you have a pre-existing - limenats MU - 5/4 16:42:16

That is the cost of your risk. It is a business contract. - Coors4bob MU - 5/4 21:38:17

37% of Americans are Obese. 74% of American men are - Spanky KU - 5/4 17:59:46

RE: Looking at the numbers...if you have a pre-existing - MOCO SON MU - 5/4 17:08:51

The number needed to cover those with pre-existing - limenats MU - 5/4 17:28:21

RE: The number needed to cover those with pre-existing - MOCO SON MU - 5/4 17:39:29

Over 65 you dont need it - medicare(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 5/4 17:02:26

Lot of others have pre existing and are impacted - Mo Texan MU - 5/4 17:25:29

I dont doubt any of that(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 5/4 18:15:41

Are you aware that many doctors won't accept new - limenats MU - 5/4 17:09:10

True for medicaid, ot nearly the issue in medicare - tigerinhogtown STL - 5/4 17:11:33

You know this because you are a doctor? Work in healthcare? - limenats MU - 5/4 17:19:49

I do work in healthcare - tigerinhogtown STL - 5/4 17:59:33

Thousands of seniors use medicaid for retirement homes - MrBlueSky MU - 5/4 17:04:00

Retirement home is not healthcare - tigerinhogtown STL - 5/4 17:13:21

30% of medicaid dollars (400 billion) go toward - limenats MU - 5/4 17:17:13

Medicaid isnt medicare - tigerinhogtown STL - 5/4 18:21:24

Wrong. It depends on the pre-existing condition and - Spanky KU - 5/4 16:47:30

Group health plans are not exempted from the plan - Mo Texan MU - 5/4 16:57:11

Yes.. they are. State laws clearly exempt pre-existing - Spanky KU - 5/4 17:33:40

Read the article and then read the bill - Mo Texan MU - 5/4 17:36:55

Group policies are governed by STATE law - Spanky KU - 5/4 17:40:05

This bill allows states to give employers the choice - Mo Texan MU - 5/4 18:32:58

States had that power BEFORE Obamacare and banned - Spanky KU - 5/4 19:35:12

Some group ins covered preE, some did after elimination - Mo Texan MU - 5/4 19:54:29

please show me a single state where group policies were - Spanky KU - 5/4 19:58:54

The point is they can under this bill! Which was my point - Mo Texan MU - 5/4 20:20:37

they also could before Obamacare and didn't - Spanky KU - 5/4 20:22:56

Cost to employers for their portion decreases dramaticaly - Mo Texan MU - 5/4 20:59:59

Link? Which large companies are self-insured? - Spanky KU - 5/4 21:42:26

Many are. The policies are underwritten by ins co's -link - Mo Texan MU - 5/4 21:56:33

Yet you can't name a single company - Spanky KU - 5/4 22:08:19

Most of the large auto makers and defense companies are - Mo Texan MU - 5/4 22:12:00