Aetna dropout could be spiteful move
Regarding the front-page article about Aetna dropping out of the ACA exchanges, let me see if I understand this story: Aetna offers to sell health insurance policies to people in need of health insurance. People buy these insurance products, but Aetna is shocked that people actually use their product at a rate higher than they expected and are now crying about losing money on the exchanges despite being very profitable overall. It appears that Aetna is putting their profits ahead of the health insurance needs of the people. Or, are they doing this out of spite because the Justice Department is blocking their purchase of Humana? Either way, their actions demonstrate what is wrong with having a for-profit health system in our country.
MIKE HAREMSKI, TUCKER
Fight leaves patients out to dry
Obamacare has already hit my family hard enough. No co-pays, gigantic, basically unreachable deductibles, enough paperwork to choke a horse, and now my entire family is losing our internists, dermatologist, and gynecologist while United Healthcare and Piedmont duke it out over money? Really? UHC pays out the nose to be a major sponsor for the Rio Olympics, but they can’t let us keep our doctors? UHC’s CEO says he regrets entering Obamacare, but he made $66 million last year and can probably afford his deductibles. Piedmont is ready to throw all 150,000 of us under the bus for the almighty dollar? So I either find all new doctors, or let my health wait for them to kiss and make up while we all dangle out here? Their behavior is insulting and disgusting.
KELLEY MCMANAMAN, EMBRY HILLS
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