claim: says the federal government "tells health insurance companies how much money they're allowed to keep of what they receive in revenues -- 15 percent."
author: rick santorum
evidence_1: apr 12, 2011 ... ari fleischer, the former bush white house spokesman, once said "50 percent of the country gets benefits without paying for them." actually, they pay lots of taxes—just not lots of federal income taxes. data from the tax foundation show that in 2008, the average income for the bottom half of taxpayers was ...
evidence_2: aug 14, 2012 ... still, many people choose assisted-living facilities over nursing homes precisely because they offer residents more freedom in a less institutional and far ... knowing the limits of the care a facility can provide -- and the thresholds of behavior or health that will lead to eviction -- is as simple as looking at its ...
evidence_3: small businesses often pay more for employee health benefits because they don't have the buying power of big employers. on average, small businesses paid about eight to 18 percent more than large firms for the same health insurance policy. health coverage providers may charge different premiums to small employers ...
evidence_4: feb 4, 2012 ... the mlr is the amount of money spent on covered person medical care divided by the total revenue received through premiums. .... they also wanted a public non profit option to keep insurers honest… the gop prevented that even though other public companies like usps work great for the same ...
evidence_5: mar 7, 2017 ... the bills, collectively titled the american health care act, are the committees' responses to the instructions they received in the budget resolution passed by both houses of congress in ... indeed, the bill is not so much an aca repeal bill as it is an attempt to change dramatically the medicaid program.