@jeffw to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-relatedEnglish • 3 months agoCancer costs for Americans with private health insurance rose after the ACA rollout and fell for those with Medicaidtheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square6arrow-up132arrow-down10
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minus-square@randomdeadguylinkEnglish1•edit-23 months agoThank you for the clarification. I will express my rage more adequately in the future. Edit: It turns out that Blue Cross / Blue Shield is actually a not-for-profit instead of a non-profit. Nonprofits are formed explicitly to benefit the public good; not-for-profits exist to fulfill an owner’s organizational objectives. https://www.uschamber.com/co/start/strategy/nonprofit-vs-not-for-profit-vs-for-profit
minus-square@jeffwOPlinkEnglish2•edit-23 months agoMany blues are nonprofits. The blues are a network of insurers. It is not one company Edit: randomly googled it and clicked on a few, here’s a couple examples of nonprofits: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_of_Massachusetts
Thank you for the clarification. I will express my rage more adequately in the future.
Edit: It turns out that Blue Cross / Blue Shield is actually a not-for-profit instead of a non-profit.
https://www.uschamber.com/co/start/strategy/nonprofit-vs-not-for-profit-vs-for-profit
Many blues are nonprofits. The blues are a network of insurers. It is not one company
Edit: randomly googled it and clicked on a few, here’s a couple examples of nonprofits:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_of_Massachusetts