If I'm reading United Health Cares last SEC filing correctly they made 1.44 Billion dollars in profit last quarter off 21 Billion dollars in revenue (AKA premiums) that's about a 6.6% return.
What if language is inserted into the health care bill to mandate that;
premiums will be adjusted every 6 months to insure that the government plan makes at least a 3 percent return. This profit will then be placed in a special account earmarked for medical research. Participants in the plan will have the option of selecting on their enrollment form which medical research issues they'd like their profits to go to. The money at the end of the year can be divided up proportionally based on that vote tally.
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