any bookie has a backer when things go wrong

a insurer has a reinsurer

a reinsurer has partners and lloyds

partners and lloyds may or may not have bernank and the tax paying people

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BL obviously believes, when insurance companies make payouts, that they just write it off as a dent in their profits and would never raise rates because of it. Because, after all, insurance companies are not businesses designed to make money. They just don't care about profit.

Do insurance companies ever lose money?

Do businesses that continually lose money remain in business?

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Posted by tecwrg on 8/26/2017 7:33:00 PM (view original):
So what are you disputing about "we absolutely pay for everything in the end"?

So anytime an insurance company pays a claim, you consider it a payment from the public?

Just pointing out that the money comes from somewhere. And that somewhere ultimately is your own wallet.

The problem with Obamacare is that it did nothing to lower the cost of healthcare. My premiums have been rising at the same rate, if not more, post-ACA as they did before.

And I'm just pointing out that "we" aren't paying for it when someone has a claim paid by the insurance company.

The insurance company is.

Yeah. With the money "we" gave them.

Stop being such a dumbass.

If the burger joint up the road spends profits to buy a new cash register, did "we" pay for the cash register?

Of course not.

The burger place did.

Do you understand how insurance works?

Yes, but I'm a little mystified by your argument that insurance companies are an unnecessary middleman between the public and health care providers.

Who's making that argument? Because I'm not.

You're saying that when insurance companies pay claims, it ultimately comes out of the pockets of the public.

If that's the case, why have insurance companies at all? Why not just run it through the government?

You're apparently disputing the idea that when an insurance company pays a claim, that ultimately the money they are paying did not come from their customers.

I'm just trying to understand where you think the money to pay the claim came from. Did it just magically appear? Was it delivered by unicorns jumping over rainbows? Please enlighten the group here with how this all works.

I'm disputing the idea that we are the ones who ultimately pay for gender reassignment surgeries. We aren't. The insurance companies are who pay for it.

We pay premiums for our own coverage.

If you're arguing that insurance companies use premium revenue to pay claims, well, yeah, that's what happens. But when claims & UW expenses exceed premium volume, it's the insurance companies' problem, not ours.

So premiums wouldn't rise?

Why have my healthcare premiums been rising every year?

Posted by bronxcheer on 8/27/2017 4:06:00 AM (view original):
The worst of the flooding hasn't started yet. Don't spike the ball

Still only 2 dead. You hoping for more?

Texans? Hell yes.

Donald Trump signed away Obama-era flood standards just weeks before Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in a bid to get infrastructure projects approved more quickly.

The rule signed by former president Barack Obama in 2015 aimed to make infrastructure more resilient to the effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and flooding.

Those who backed Obama’s rules believed they would make people safer by putting roads, bridges and other infrastructure on safer ground, NPR reported, but Trump rescinded the rule several weeks ago in an attempt to speed up the time it takes for infrastructure projects to be approved.

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Donald Trump signed away Obama-era flood standards just weeks before Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in a bid to get infrastructure projects approved more quickly.

The rule signed by former president Barack Obama in 2015 aimed to make infrastructure more resilient to the effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and flooding.

Those who backed Obama’s rules believed they would make people safer by putting roads, bridges and other infrastructure on safer ground, NPR reported, but Trump rescinded the rule several weeks ago in an attempt to speed up the time it takes for infrastructure projects to be approved.

Between this and used military gear going to police that's two more Obama era initiatives gone!! Impressive work by Trump.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: President Dump doesn't represent American values: "He speaks for himself"

ouch

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Donald Trump signed away Obama-era flood standards just weeks before Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in a bid to get infrastructure projects approved more quickly.

The rule signed by former president Barack Obama in 2015 aimed to make infrastructure more resilient to the effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and flooding.

Those who backed Obama’s rules believed they would make people safer by putting roads, bridges and other infrastructure on safer ground, NPR reported, but Trump rescinded the rule several weeks ago in an attempt to speed up the time it takes for infrastructure projects to be approved.

Between this and used military gear going to police that's two more Obama era initiatives gone!! Impressive work by Trump.

If you are a fan of parasitic corruption, why then yes, you could say that

Posted by bronxcheer on 8/28/2017 7:10:00 AM (view original):
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: President Dump doesn't represent American values: "He speaks for himself"

ouch

Smart guy. Everyone should say that anytime the media asks them about what someone else says. Republicans, in particular, always turn it into a bigger ordeal when they start responding to that question with their thoughts.

Trump's firm sought Moscow real estate deal during presidential run: Washington Post

Posted by bronxcheer on 8/28/2017 8:39:00 AM (view original):

Trump's firm sought Moscow real estate deal during presidential run: Washington Post

Coming from the Washington Post.... Probably fake news.

Really doesn't matter though. I'm sure Trump's firm sought real estate deals in many countries because that's what they do. The media will just hand pick a Russian transaction and play it up to fit their Trump/Russia narrative. This is why the media is less trustworthy than Trump.

Pig's blood.

This debate is still going on?!?!? WTF?!?

OMG!!!! A company that buys real estate like fat girls buy candy tried to buy some real estate? IMPEACH!!!!