Greg Palast: The S-Word and Dr. Kevorkian's Accountant

2009-10-15 | Photo: Wendell Potter tells Greg Palast health insurers' dirty secret. (Photo: BobFest)

Health care Rx from my socialist fire department Tell me where it hurts, Mr. President. What's killing you, Barack, is what's killing us all: an evil germ called "Medical Loss Ratio." "Medical Loss Ratio" [MLR] is the fancy term used by health insurance companies for their slice, their take-out, their pound of flesh, their gross - very gross - profit. The "MLR" is the difference between what you pay an insurance company and what that insurer pays out to doctors, hospitals and pharmacists for your medical care. MORE + VIDEO http://www.truthout.org/1015091 Please click photo for clarity.