Readers find the Aetna report nauseating. One replies to my question about perjury:
I’m not sure that perjury charges would be effective. For better effect, I’d try for an anti-trust suit.
Perhaps a class action suit would make more sense. The rejection of their attempted merger with Humana might put a damper on an anti-trust suit. Another:
“The company [Aetna] said its overall profit leapt 38% in the final quarter of the year, as a key measure of spending on medical costs fell. The strong quarterly results were fueled largely by its government business, which includes Medicare and Medicaid.” http://www.wsj.com/articles/aetna-profit-rises-38-1454326988
In other words, they’re a bunch of greedy, whining bastards.
But from their viewpoint they’re just trying to maximize profit. That’s what they’re taught to do.
I wonder if this is what happens when the idol of free enterprise seeps out of the private sector into everything else.
