How will we pay for health care reform? We will be shaving 20% off the top with the Public Option see Mad As hell Drs http://www.madashelldoctors.com/
Let's face it, it is definitely in the best interest of insurance CEOs to have no public option. More competition means lower profits and lower profits might eat into their grossly bloated salaries. Here's a look at what some of the big insurance company executives make:
NAME, TITLE, COMPANY ANNUAL COMPENSATION
H. Edward Hanway, Chair/CEO, Cigna Corp., $30.16 million (Cigna is one of the financial backers of the Manhattan Institute that Betsy McCoughey was a part of.)
Ronald A. Williams, Chair/CEO, Aetna Inc., $23,045,834 (2007)
David B. Snow, Jr, Chair/CEO, Medco Health, $21.76 million
Dale B. Wolf, CEO, Coventry Health Care, $20.86 million
Michael B. MCallister, CEO, Humana Inc., $20.06 million
Jay M. Gellert, President/CEO, Health Net, $16.65 million
Stephen J. Hemsley, CEO, UnitedHealth Group, $13,164,529 (2007)
Raymond McCaskey, CEO, Health Care Service Corp., (Blue Cross Blue Shield), $10.3 million (in 2007; up 78% from 2006)
Angela F. Braly, President/CEO, Wellpoint, $9,094,771
Read full article at http://mountainsageblog.com/2009/08/19/democrats-will-go-it-alone-on-health-care-bill/
