I am not in favor, neither am I against a single payer (Canadian / British) health-care plan. The attached though makes one think carefully. One of the difficulties of implementing a single payor plan or any efficient health-care plan is the following: The amount specified are dollars (with no decimals). The compensation for the next echelon likely closely follows the top dog.
ANNUAL COMPENSATION (2006 and 2007): � Ronald A. Williams, Chair/ CEO, Aetna Inc., $23,045,834 � H. Edward Hanway, Chair/ CEO, Cigna Corp, $30.16 million � David B. Snow, Jr, Chair/ CEO, Medco Health, $21.76 million � Michael B. MCallister, CEO, Humana Inc, $20.06 million � Stephen J. Hemsley, CEO, UnitedHealth Group, $13,164,529 � Angela F. Braly, President/ CEO, Wellpoint, $9,094,771 � Dale B. Wolf, CEO, Coventry Health Care, $20.86 million � Jay M. Gellert, President/ CEO, Health Net, $16.65 million � William C. Van Faasen, Chairman, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, $3 million plus $16.4 million in retirement benefits � Charlie Baker, President/ CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, $1.5 million � James Roosevelt, Jr., CEO, Tufts Associated Health Plans, $1.3 million � Cleve L. Killingsworth, President/CEO Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, $3.6 million � Raymond McCaskey, CEO, Health Care Service Corp (Blue Cross Blue Shield), $10.3 million � Daniel P. McCartney, CEO, Healthcare Services Group, Inc, $ 1,061,513 � Daniel Loepp, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, $1,657,555 � Todd S. Farha, CEO, WellCare Health Plans, $5,270,825 � Michael F. Neidorff, CEO, Centene Corp, $8,750,751 � Daniel Loepp, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, $1,657,555 � Todd S. Farha, CEO, WellCare Health Plans, $5,270,825 Above information posted on the net. Regards, GL
