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>>$50M worth of healthcare is not going to even minutely move the needle.

>I have a hard time buying this. Really? You can't cover a few more cents of a few more claims if you reduce c-suite pay?

Nice job moving the goalposts from "moving the needle" to "a few more cents of a few more claims". UnitedHealth Group had 371.6 billion in revenue last year. $50 M means they can provide 0.01% more care to their customers. I think it's fair to describe that as "not going to even minutely move the needle".



It moves the needle for the premium-paying customer.

Either the numbers matter or they don't. Pick one.


https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/move_the_needle#English

>1. (idiomatic) To change a situation to a noticeable degree

Emphasis mine.


You think over years and a number of bills that cents wouldn't start adding up?

It's 100% noticeable. If it weren't, then it wouldn't matter to people like the c-suite who are so focused on making money for themselves.


The numerator might so up but so will the denominator, so it effectively cancels each other out. More to the point, I feel like this argument is over relative vs absolute. It might be noticeable" to a single person, but given that we're talking about the healthcare system as a whole, it's fair to say that it's not "noticeable".




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