By Bill Rusteberg
In 1982, after nine years of corporate servitude, I left the inner sanctums of a large health insurance company and the comfort of receiving a corporate paycheck every two weeks whether I earned it or not.
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President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which ensures that 45 million Americans have access to health insurance. Will he finally deliver on his promises?
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia delivered a record $7.7 million pay package to CEOMadeline Bell in 2021, as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc in the health care industry, with deaths mounting and labor shortages putting nurses and other hospital staff under duress.
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Years ago when I was a commission driven insurance whore a TPA dropped by my office. “Bill, how many self-funded lives do you have on how many groups?” he asked. “Move 2,000 lives to us and I will not only pay you the same commissions you’re getting now but I will personally deliver a $250,000 check as our way of saying THANK YOU for the business!!”
Such is the world of health insurance brokerage…………………..
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