Health insurance profits have not been a major part of high health
expenditures in the US because health insurance profits account for
much less than $.01 per $1..00 of total health expenditures in the US

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"...Total insurance company profits were $12.87 billion in 2007 and
$8.40 billion in 2008. http://www.politifact.com... Total health care
spending in the United States was $2.2 trillion in 2007. http://www.kaiseredu.org...
Insurance company profits were therefore 0.59% of total health care
costs in 2007. Since total costs have been rising at about 6%, the
insurance company profits would be about 0.36% of total health care
costs in 2008...."