Last year, the 7 largest private health insurers collected $1.39 trillion in profit.
— Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) December 9, 2024
It is absurd that Big Insurance is raking in trillions while Americans are pinching pennies to afford treatment.
We need Medicare for All now.
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Last year the health insurance industry reported $70.7 billion in profits, while 41% of Americans are stuck with medical debt.
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) April 9, 2024
Your medical debt is just a health insurance CEO’s profit.
Pass Medicare for All. pic.twitter.com/CwSZRF1iXU
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Overhead is 2-3% for Medicaid & Medicare & 20% for-profit health insurance, plus near unlimited on drug costs.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) December 7, 2024
Both provide the exact same doctors & meds. The only reason for profit has massive markup is to pay for CEO bonuses & private jets.
We need universal healthcare now!
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For-profit healthcare will always fail us, as it’s not designed to heal us, it’s designed to extract our money.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) December 10, 2024
It’s in the name: for-profit.