Health care providers spend millions for new 49ers luxury suites
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
If you're wondering why health care costs are going sky high, one reason may be the multimillion-dollar skyboxes that two of the Bay Area's biggest "not-for-profit" insurers have bought at the 49ers' new stadium.
Blue Shield of California and Dignity Health each own Levi's Stadium luxury suites, which go for at least $2.5 million apiece.
Dignity, the San Francisco outfit formerly known as Catholic Healthcare West, is also the Niners' exclusive health-industry sponsor. It's spending big time to advertise in and around the new Santa Clara stadium as well as on game broadcasts. There's even a "Dignity Health Plaza" at one corner of the $1.2 billion stadium.
"It's scandalous that two not-for-profit health care companies that are exempt from state taxes waste millions of dollars on luxury skyboxes rather than putting those charitable dollars toward patient care or lower premiums," said Jamie Court of Consumer Watchdog, the group behind Proposition 45 on the November ballot - an initiative that would require California health care companies to get approval from the state insurance commissioner for rate increases.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Dignity-Health-spends-big-at-Levi-s-Stadium-5753830.php
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Nice air to breath, ergonomic chairs so backs are aligned. Heathy food so they don't have clogged arteries. A good glass of wine has some good medical benefits. See what is the problem????? /big time sarc.
remember what the CEO's of our new Mandatory Corporate payment scam earn in a year.
That will calm the nerves!
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Still upset? Count to 10. There's $20,000 towards bombing and invading the Middle East! (The US Spends >$2,000 per second just on the ME- That doesn't count future American vacation spots like Ukraine!)
These are great days, if you're on a gravy train.
