Brigham Buhler
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Now multiply that times all the federal payers because Medicaid is just the state. The Medicare program covers the whole freaking country. 60% of the profits of these insurance companies is coming from the taxpayers. So we're getting killed paying taxes to give these guys all this money at the government level. But then we're getting killed on our company insurance plans.
And then as a business owner, I'm getting killed because at the end of the year, they renegotiate the rates and they charge me more, right? I'm paying half of the care of my employees, my 300 something employees, and everything that costs that insurance money, they've taken a 30% markup on. That's why we're facing this mega healthcare expenditure issue in America.
And then as a business owner, I'm getting killed because at the end of the year, they renegotiate the rates and they charge me more, right? I'm paying half of the care of my employees, my 300 something employees, and everything that costs that insurance money, they've taken a 30% markup on. That's why we're facing this mega healthcare expenditure issue in America.
And then as a business owner, I'm getting killed because at the end of the year, they renegotiate the rates and they charge me more, right? I'm paying half of the care of my employees, my 300 something employees, and everything that costs that insurance money, they've taken a 30% markup on. That's why we're facing this mega healthcare expenditure issue in America.
It's not just the pharmaceutical industries. It's the collusion and the capture of all of them working together to essentially screw all of us.
It's not just the pharmaceutical industries. It's the collusion and the capture of all of them working together to essentially screw all of us.
It's not just the pharmaceutical industries. It's the collusion and the capture of all of them working together to essentially screw all of us.
The doctors are making less and less to do more and more.
The doctors are making less and less to do more and more.
The doctors are making less and less to do more and more.
And we are facing a crisis with that. We have a booming aging population. We have a primary care shortage in America. That's why it takes three to six months to get in with primary cares. And... 80% of primary carers in an interview, I think it was done by Harvard, said they will not be in this profession within 36 months. They don't want to do it anymore. It is a beat down.
And we are facing a crisis with that. We have a booming aging population. We have a primary care shortage in America. That's why it takes three to six months to get in with primary cares. And... 80% of primary carers in an interview, I think it was done by Harvard, said they will not be in this profession within 36 months. They don't want to do it anymore. It is a beat down.
And we are facing a crisis with that. We have a booming aging population. We have a primary care shortage in America. That's why it takes three to six months to get in with primary cares. And... 80% of primary carers in an interview, I think it was done by Harvard, said they will not be in this profession within 36 months. They don't want to do it anymore. It is a beat down.
These poor people are working their asses off, but they're in a system that ties their hands up.
These poor people are working their asses off, but they're in a system that ties their hands up.
These poor people are working their asses off, but they're in a system that ties their hands up.
And then in certain states, clinicians have the right to earn into and make profit off of things. And so because the insurance companies have gotten so dirty and have cut the reimbursement rates for clinicians, clinicians are now looking for ways to make money. And so oftentimes when I say corporate capture again, it's the word of the day. But when I say it, either it's one of two things.
And then in certain states, clinicians have the right to earn into and make profit off of things. And so because the insurance companies have gotten so dirty and have cut the reimbursement rates for clinicians, clinicians are now looking for ways to make money. And so oftentimes when I say corporate capture again, it's the word of the day. But when I say it, either it's one of two things.
And then in certain states, clinicians have the right to earn into and make profit off of things. And so because the insurance companies have gotten so dirty and have cut the reimbursement rates for clinicians, clinicians are now looking for ways to make money. And so oftentimes when I say corporate capture again, it's the word of the day. But when I say it, either it's one of two things.
Either your doctor is an employee of the hospital. and works for the hospital, which is directly controlled by the insurance company, okay? And so they're essentially an employee of the insurance company, or your clinician owns the hospital or surgery center, and then they dictate to the hospital and surgery center the protocols and procedures.