Members of the American Economic Association were asked whether they agreed with a number of propositions, ranging from the economic impact of minimum-wage increases to the desirability of universal health insurance.
" The health insurance company, Blue Cross, wants me to put you out in the snow tomorrow afternoon, " he tells me after I have been in the hospital for more than a week.
That fact comes from a huge analysis of private health insurance claims, done on more than 78,000 people, collected by a nonprofit group called FAIR Health.
该结论来自对78000多人私人医疗保险索赔大量分析,而这案例是非营利组织 FAIR Health 收集。
Who's money for roads and schools and firefighters, health insurance is being diverted to the pockets of some of the most profitable corporations in the world.
Because to have the best results, you really needed the most expensive care in the country, or in the world, well then we really would be talking about rationing who we're going to cut off from Medicare.
In the US, health insurance companies won't pay for the procedure, unless the patient's body mass index or BMI is at least 35 even if the patient's diabetes is uncontrolled.