Comment by awongh

Google says UHC made $370b gross revenue and $12b net revenue.

Not sure what the total exec team costs but if the ceo was paid $10 million that’s 0.03% of revenue and 0.1% of profit.

Not defending them but I do think that people hear $10 million but don’t quite realize how huge the pie is.

I don’t think healthcare should be for-profit, but since we do have that system, what do people expect the ceo of a company (any company) that grosses $370b to earn?

It’s a bit reductive to just say something like “he makes $10 million dollars a year denying patient life-saving treatment”, just like saying the ceo of ratheon makes money from the killing of innocent Palestinians.

In the end though, I increasingly feel like the only moral solution is to have a single payer fully socialized system.