Thread regarding Humana Inc. layoffs

The problem is sending all of the jobs offshore.

Humana only has American customers (aka members) and is sending plenty of jobs offshore to people not paying taxes or contributing to the American economy outside of shareholders.

Eventually there won’t be customers, if enough companies do this. If that happens, there will be no argument against single payer to get rid of this Humana completely.

This seems like the same problem created by manufacturing leaving America in the 80s.

And this problem is not just with Humana but across the board with ALL large Health Insurance companies offering Medicare MA plans. This quickly turning into a MAJOR problem.

Imagine this: every American — from birth to death — covered under a single, simple healthcare system.
No open enrollments. No plans to compare. No prior authorizations. No denials. No grandparents lost in the maze of Medicare’s alphabet soup. And best of all, no endless enrollment commercials on tv. I hate those scam commercials.

Just healthcare. For everyone. Always.

We can afford it right now with what we already spend. And if not, add a modest 3% health tax — a fraction of what we waste elsewhere.
Reform the tax system.
Stop pouring billions into foreign wars and military aid.
Invest in our own people’s health instead.

Because a nation that can fund endless conflict can surely fund healing.
*Vote for change

Yeah — that’s a fair criticism, and a lot of people (including experts) say the same thing. The U.S. spends far more per person on healthcare than any other developed country — over $13,000 per person per year as of 2024 — yet the outcomes are often worse, fetal ,and individual bankruptcies.

Here’s a quick breakdown of why that mismatch exists:
• Administrative waste: The U.S. healthcare system is incredibly fragmented, with countless private insurers, billing systems, and middlemen — that alone eats up 20–25% of total healthcare spending.
• High dr-g and service prices: Americans pay 2–3× more for the same procedures and medications as people in Europe or Canada.
• Profit-driven care: Many hospitals and insurers operate as for-profit corporations, prioritizing shareholders over patient outcomes.
• Poor public health investment: Other countries focus more on prevention, nutrition, and social safety nets. The U.S. spends mostly on “fixing” rather than “preventing.”
• Inequality: Huge gaps in access — especially for low-income and uninsured people — make average outcomes look much worse despite high spending.

So, yeah — it’s not that the U.S. doesn’t have good doctors or technology. It’s that the system is optimized for billing, not healing.

@a7 I actually hope you are correct.

This is coming from a republican but I believe healthcare costs have gotten so expensive and also the large number of catastrophic expensive claims getting denied that keep hearing and reading about…and with all the difficult hoops members have to go through with their insurance company when all they should have to think about is their health situation…because of all that, at this stage, I am all for a completely government run single payer system. I even say, “Hey, please raise my taxes!”

And, yes, once again, this comes from a republican.

This is very personal to me these days for a number of reasons and persons on my mind who are struggling just to survive their health issue battle.

So, I am with you. The shenanigans have gotten ridiculous. And many still employed for Humana will either not realize this or simply not cars, thinking they will never be put in a health crisis someday when they are older and perhaps not in the financial position they presumed they would be, to handle all the hundreds of thousands in healthcare costs.

My Prediction is in the next 5-10 years All Healthcare Insurance companies will be out of Businesses. American people will say WE HAD ENOUGH with the healthcare Shenanigans.