The top five insurers made 7.8 billion in profit as the post indicates. All of the data is public information and is not “mis-information”. The problem is that the adminstration and the media are feeding people mis-information. “Did you hear about that 1000% profit increase? gasp! They have CEOs running their companies and stockholders too!!!!”

The media and the government throw out big numbers to outrage people.

You seem to advocate that companies can make money as long as they meet some moral standards. Whose? Medicare and Medicade deny more claims than all of the private companies combined. You want the government to run this?

The government doesn’t protect insurance companies, the enforce the state by state monopolies. That is why you hear so many people calling on reform to allow people to buy insurance from other states.

In an insurance company denies coverage in violation of the policy contracts, then they should be held liable. However, if you have a policy that doesn’t cover say glasses and you need them, should the insurance company that you bought insurance from be forced to pay for your glasses?