Re: ass
I picked United Health because it happens to be the largest private health insurance company in America, and as such I thought it would be the best example.
I note that you're still beating the maggots out of "percentage change in profits."
CIGNA had a profit margin in 2008 of 2 percent. It went up to 7 percent in 2009 (revenues that year were $18.4 billion - less than a quarter of what United Health brought in). But 2 percent to 7 percent doesn't sound nearly as impressive to the idiots as a "346 percent increase," does it?
For anybody who's still actually following the real issue, here's an article on health care profits, and who's really pulling it in.