More on Healthcare

[Jason R]

[admiralsnackbar]

As a rebuttal to the BS from the interviewed health insurance public relations offices, let's hear what Wendell Potter -- one of their own for 20 years -- had to say before the US Senate.

[Jason R]

But the invisible hand of the market will take care of everything!

[grizzly_bexar]

It would be nice if we would undo enough regulation to give the invisible hand a fighting chance.

Seriously, I fight against insurance companies for a living, and it's absolutely true that insurance companies make things difficult as part of their business practice (some of them worse than others). But a lot of that is because of regulation.

And in addition, they scream out for more regulation because they use it as a shield against (1) lawsuits to punish them for unfair and deceptive practices, and (2) new competition.

And the WORST in my experience are governmental or quasi-governmental entities that are immune to suit for unfair insurance practices.

[Jason R]

In fairness I'm all for certain aspects of what I hear the Republicans touting when it comes to allowing interstate competition.