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I like to start my answer to questions like this by looking at it from the viewpoint of an investor. What do the investors in this company think about the company’s strategy for the future? Stock price trends are a good measure of investor confidence. If investors are bullish on the company then perhaps its strategy bears more scrutiny.Top 10 Insurance ProvidersFirst, let’s identify the top 10 insurance providers. I’ll use 2014 year end numbers to rank them (Credit Forbes List)[1][1][1][1] :An Investor’s OpinionNext I asked “what do investors think?”. To answer that I’ll look at their stock performance over a 5 year picture to see how they performed under Obamacare. I’m removing the outliers HNT (not trading) and UAM (not open market) but these top 7 show that these 8 are all remarkably showing a similar picture (graph derived from Google Finance) [2][2][2][2] .Now - that shows all the players operating similarly, but you can see Centene clearly outpaced the others in growth. To get some numbers and to put names with the symbols we can look at the 1 month picture in the following graph:And to see better what investor sentiment is now we can look at the period following the election, when everybody knew what was coming. This graph gives us a good idea of what investors think about each company’s future profits:Anthem is the clear winner here, while our previous winner Centene falls straight to the bottom. This shows us that investors believe companies like Anthem, Cigna, and United Healthcare will prevail in this coming administration. Humana and Aetna are close behind them however investors clearly favor the top 3. But is that belief warranted? What is driving the profitability of those companies vs Humana and Aetna?From my perspective I’d add Aetna to that list even though it is performing in the mid-range following the election. It has an excellent adaptive strategy and a very diverse portfolio which I always like in a company I invest in. It jumped into the exchanges but was one of the first to jump right back out. In addition it has a painfully aggressive strategy to cut lucrative deals with employer groups and government and collect exorbitant revenues from unwitting individual policy holders. Aetna’s growth strategy is laid out best in this PDF from 2015: [3][3][3][3]Government & Corporate Insurance - Medicaid & Medicare vs Large GroupsI analyzed the top contenders and found that for United Health and Anthem their growth strategies were inextricably tied to Medicare and Medicaid. Managed care strategies in both corporate and government insurance have been paying off for these companies, so that is likely to continue in both arenas. What happens to Medicaid and Medicare, however, will drive much of this question of who stands to make more profit. It seems investors are very bullish on an expansion of these programs because they appear to be favoring Anthem, which gets half of its revenues from government programs like this. Motley fool published the following:Anthem's Government Business segment (which represents Medicaid and Medicare) brought in more than half of the company's operating revenue: $9.5 billion compared to the Commercial & Specialty segment's $9.4 billion.[4][4][4][4]Similar statements are found in disclosures from the other major players.Cigna is focusing on international business and looking to just maintain its US market. Its Medicare supplement programs will likely increase as medicare benefits decrease, but its growth strategy will likely not allow it to take advantage of many of the coming changes.The exception among the top 5 to this reliance on government insurance is Aetna, which is much more diversified than the other top 5 insurers:If I was an Anthem investor I would be very nervous about this reliance on Medicaid/Medicare revenues. These programs are not sustainable in a balanced budget conservative environment. Millions of people are now on Medicare who would not have been unless Obamacare passed. Every person who earns less than $20K in this country is on Medicare or some sort of supplemented Obamacare exchange policy. These will likely decline in favor of affordable major medical policies to cover catastrophic illnesses. It will be very difficult for companies like Blue Cross to adapt to these changes.I was unable to access direct investor information on the United Health and Healthnet, but the “Accountable Care” initiative, basically a “managed care” version of medicare by United Health significantly increased its Medicare and Medicaid enrollments and stemmed the bleed in profit decreases. [5][5][5][5] This news report shows they followed the same general strategy in 2015 as Anthem:UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurer, on Wednesday reported strong fourth-quarter earnings and revenue growth driven largely by Medicaid and Medicare customers.[6][6][6][6]Analysis: Aetna will likely be a strong companyThe question of which company you think will be more profitable is largely dependant on what you believe will happen in the market. If the US government continues to fund the unsustainable Medicaid and Medicare expansions with deficit spending, then those will continue to expand and be profitable. I see that as unlikely. A hybrid approach will allow for catastrophic coverage policies to replace these free welfare type medicare policies covering so many people under Obamacare. The government policies will revert to the over 65 age coverage they once were, and the young people will need to pay for whatever coverage they can get. Companies like Anthem and United Healthcare are vulnerable to those types of changes.The groups took a beating the last few years with the mandated changes in Obamacare. Insurers specializing in large groups saw many large companies opting out of insurance and others negotiating desperately to keep insurance for their employees and to keep rates in check. Large groups will likely be supported by the Obamacare replacement. Any costs of large group mandated changes are likely already priced into large group premiums because of the various Obamacare mandates.Aetna began aggressively shedding its liabilities under Obamacare last year when it realized correctly that it was losing money on the deal. Its tactic of a diversified portfolio and flexible data driven decision making will make it a major contender in the coming years.In summary, I believe Aetna, and possibly Humana, are well positioned to benefit from the changes coming from the new administration. Their profitability will result from reduced mandates, increasing growth in groups, and tightening restrictions on people being covered by the large government policies.Footnotes[1] The Biggest Health Insurers In The U.S. - pg.1[1] The Biggest Health Insurers In The U.S. - pg.1[1] The Biggest Health Insurers In The U.S. - pg.1[1] The Biggest Health Insurers In The U.S. - pg.1[2] Anthem Inc: NYSE:ANTM quotes & news[2] Anthem Inc: NYSE:ANTM quotes & news[2] Anthem Inc: NYSE:ANTM quotes & news[2] Anthem Inc: NYSE:ANTM quotes & news[3] http://www.aetna.com/investors-aetna/assets/documents/2014-investor-conference/2014InvestorConferencePresentation.pdf[3] http://www.aetna.com/investors-aetna/assets/documents/2014-investor-conference/2014InvestorConferencePresentation.pdf[3] http://www.aetna.com/investors-aetna/assets/documents/2014-investor-conference/2014InvestorConferencePresentation.pdf[3] http://www.aetna.com/investors-aetna/assets/documents/2014-investor-conference/2014InvestorConferencePresentation.pdf[4] Anthem's Government Healthcare Strategy Is Surprisingly Brilliant -- The Motley Fool[4] Anthem's Government Healthcare Strategy Is Surprisingly Brilliant -- The Motley Fool[4] Anthem's Government Healthcare Strategy Is Surprisingly Brilliant -- The Motley Fool[4] Anthem's Government Healthcare Strategy Is Surprisingly Brilliant -- The Motley Fool[5] UnitedHealthcare expects to double its ACO contracts by 2017[5] UnitedHealthcare expects to double its ACO contracts by 2017[5] UnitedHealthcare expects to double its ACO contracts by 2017[5] UnitedHealthcare expects to double its ACO contracts by 2017[6] UnitedHealth Group Earnings Up On Growth In Medicare, Medicaid[6] UnitedHealth Group Earnings Up On Growth In Medicare, Medicaid[6] UnitedHealth Group Earnings Up On Growth In Medicare, Medicaid[6] UnitedHealth Group Earnings Up On Growth In Medicare, Medicaid

This is from the IRS website:“Social Security CoverageThe services you perform in the exercise of your ministry are generally covered by social security and Medicare under the self-employment tax system, regardless of your status under the common law. This means that your salary on Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement PDF, the net profit on Schedule C, and your housing allowance less pertinent deductible expenses are subject to self-employment tax on Schedule SE (Form 1040 or 1040-SR), Self-Employment Tax PDF.See Publication 517, Social Security and Other Information for Members of the Clergy and Religious Workers for limited exceptions from self-employment tax.Exemption from Self-Employment TaxYou can request an exemption from self-employment tax for your ministerial earnings, if you're opposed to certain public insurance for religious or conscientious reasons. You can't request exemption for economic reasons. To request the exemption, file Form 4361, Application for Exemption From Self-Employment Tax for Use by Ministers, Members of Religious Orders and Christian Science Practitioners PDF with the IRS. You must file it by the due date of your income tax return (including extensions) for the second tax year in which you have net earnings from self-employment of at least $400. This rule applies if any part of your net earnings from each of the two years came from the performance of ministerial services. The two years don't have to be consecutive. The exemption is granted if IRS approves your application. Once granted, the exemption is irrevocable.I hope that helps.

NO…not even closeAnyone who thinks gov. bureaucrats are “better” at anything needs to take a trip to their local registry of motor Vehicleshere is the CBO telling us just thatHealthcare - CBO says private plans cheaperBudget Office: Public Option Would Cost More than Private PlansThe government-run health insurance plan, or "public option," crafted by House Democrats would typically have higher premiums than comparable private insurance plans, according to a new budget estimate. Yet even though the public plan is weaker than liberals initially hoped -- thereby making it more expensive -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview with Politico Thursday that she does not want liberals to attempt to make it more "robust."The analysis (PDF) submitted yesterday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office bucks the liberal argument that a public plan would be cheaper for consumers than private insurance. While its administrative costs would be lower, the CBO reported, other factors would offset that.A significant factor for the higher premiums would be the fact that House Democrats included in the legislation unveiled Thursday a public option that would negotiate its payment rates with medical providers. Liberals like Pelosi were inclined to include a public option that tied its payment rates to Medicare -- this would have made it cheaper, but moderate Democrats from rural areas complained that doctors and medical providers in their regions would not be paid enough.If the government were to set up a national health insurance exchange -- or "marketplace" of insurance plans for small businesses and individuals -- about 30 million Americans would enroll in plans through it, the CBO estimates. Of those, about 6 million would choose to enroll in the public option.Of the premium costs, the CBO writes:"That estimate of enrollment reflects CBO's assessment that a public plan paying negotiated rates would attract a broad network of providers but would typically have premiums that are somewhat higher than the average premiums for the private plans in the exchanges. The rates the public plan pays to providers would, on average, probably be comparable to the rates paid by private insurers participating in the exchanges. The public plan would have lower administrative costs than those private plans but would probably engage in less management of utilization by its enrollees and attract a less healthy pool of enrollees. (The effects of that 'adverse selection' on the public plan's premiums would be only partially offset by the 'risk adjustment' procedures that would apply to all plans operating in the exchanges.)."By contrast, premiums for a "robust" public option -- one that offered Medicare rates plus 5 percent -- would be cheaper than private plans on the exchange, even taking "adverse selection" into account, according to a recent study by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services."We estimate that the public plan would have costs that were 18 percent below the average level for private plans but that the public plan premiums would be roughly 11 percent lower than private as a result of antiselection enrollees," the CMS wrote.Still, Pelosi told Politico she is not inclined to allow a floor vote on any amendments to make the public option more "robust""I'm not big on showing weakness. It's not my thing," she said. "I don't like to have predictable losses."The health care bill could be introduced on the House floor as early as Thursday, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said yesterday.In the Senate, Democrats are also considering a public option with negotiated payment rates from which states could choose to opt out.© 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.Where Does Your Health Care Dollar Go?https://www.ahip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/health_care_dollar_small.pngWhere Does Your Health Care Dollar Go? - AHIP