Comment by craigmccaskill

Kaiser had an income of 4.1B in 2023 vs. UHG's 371.6B in an industry of 4.8T [1]. I'm not sure the point you're trying to make or why it's relevant unless you're asking me to read between the lines on the efficacy of Kaiser as a non-profit vs. their for-profit counterparts (which is what seems to be the case).

edit: I think I missed the last part of your comment in an edit, so to attempt to answer my own questions, it's not a fair comparison beyond just the almost 100x size difference to compare a different business model and scope, provider network, risk pool and geographic presence yet ignore every other developed country in the world and say that for profit is the way to go because if Kaiser can't do it then nobody can.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/....