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Kathy Grosvenor: Doctors, higher officials making big money

Regarding the Feb. 27 news article “Blue Cross turns profit despite ACA losses”: America’s health care system is convoluted, bloated and expensive, and no one claims to know where to place the blame for that.

What we do know, though, is that most doctors are wealthy, and health insurance company officials are being paid millions, while the middle and upper-middle classes are bearing the burden of high monthly health insurance premiums.

I’m not in favor of socialized medicine, but maybe, just maybe, the players on both sides of this game should realize that they probably already earn enough.

Kathy Grosvenor, Raleigh

This story was originally published March 21, 2016 at 4:58 PM with the headline "Kathy Grosvenor: Doctors, higher officials making big money."

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