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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:41 PM Original message |
Does anyone know the percentage of Americans employed by the medical insurance industry? |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. There are a lot of people who work in medical insurance. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Agreed re middle-men parasites and that training to produce more nurses is mandatory... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. My understanding is that is the percentage in the healthcare industry |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. See lurky's post below for the answer... n/t |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Too damned many. The real question is how many people are hurt by employing those people? |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Great point. I was mainly thinking of the relatively blameless clerks and such... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Surely their skills would transfer to debt collections |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You'd think so, but those salaries and bonuses for all the tireless, ass-busting execs... |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. 11% is medical workers ONLY, not insurance. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Great stuff. That's exactly the data I was looking for and have spent way too much time... |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Glad to help! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Fuck em. They produce nothing and hinder the public good. |
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