Aetna claimed this summer that it was pulling out of all but four of the 15 states where it was providing Obamacare individual insurance because of a business decision — it was simply losing too much money on the Obamacare exchanges.
Now a federal judge has ruled that that was a rank falsehood. In fact, says Judge John D. Bates, Aetna made its decision at least partially in response to a federal antitrust lawsuit blocking its proposed $37-billion merger with Humana. Aetna threatened federal officials with the pullout before the lawsuit was filed, and followed through on its threat once it was filed. Bates made the observations in the course of a ruling he issued Monday blocking the merger.
Aetna executives had moved heaven and earth to conceal their decision-making process from the court, in part by discussing the matter on the phone rather than in emails, and by shielding what did get put in writing with the cloak of attorney-client privilege, a practice Bates found came close to "malfeasance."
Source:
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-aetna-obamacare-20170123-story.html
At what point does arbitrarily screwing with the healthcare of millions of people rise to the level of criminality?
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 24 2017, @03:47PM
Oh, a dozen or so at least last I checked. I didn't commit their names to long term memory though. It wasn't important information.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Touché) by https on Tuesday January 24 2017, @06:38PM
Bollocks. You admit checking more than once, and if they were celebrities their names were already in long term memory.
Lighten up. I won't think the less of you for saying "I make shit up because it makes my personal narrative seem plausible."
Offended and laughing about it.
(Score: 3, Informative) by requerdanos on Tuesday January 24 2017, @07:13PM
Below please find a list of 18 celebrities who said they would leave the US if President Trump was elected:
http://www.ibtimes.com/if-donald-trump-wins-presidency-these-18-celebrities-will-leave-us-will-canada-be-2440762 [ibtimes.com] (Recommendation: Block Flash to avoid video.)
FWIW, I didn't remember who any of them were, either. Popular destinations seem to have been claimed as Canada, Spain, Mexico, New Zealand, and Australia.
Even discounting those who said that they would move to a different planet (the singer Cher chose Jupiter), there's still a dozen or so in the public eye that were talking about leaving the USA and taking up residence in some other country.
I have been keeping an eye on the news, but haven't seen the reports of any of them moving yet, though of course it could still happen. But sorry, celebrities declaring they'd move--some specifically to Canada--if the president got elected is something that actually happened, not something that was made up.
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Tuesday January 24 2017, @08:09PM
I have heard the immigration process takes up to 3 years. Watch for news in 2020 or so.