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And yet, all large publicly listed health insurers, for the last decade+, play in the 2% to 4% profit margin range, except for UNH which does about 6%.



Profit excludes salary, overhead, and expenses!


Yes, that is the point. Business owners generally do not like employees to pay excess expenses so that the owners’ profits are less, even if the owners are shareholders in publicly listed companies.




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