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"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"nom=de=plume" wrote in message news:hda8e9

McKee apparently is a fan of the free market competitive system that
isn't operative in the health care insurance industry.


Well, that's what I don't get... it seems to me that especially among
Republicans they would want a competitive system, even if there's only a
possibility of it, even if it meant that the insurance companies
couldn't compete and went belly up. That's the free market capitalistic
system defined. Eat or be eaten. Survival of the fittest. So, there must
be some other reason for the opposition, and I'd like one of these
people to be honest and say what it is.

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Nom=de=Plume


We do not have major competion now, because of government regulation.
How do you think more governmental regulation will increase competition.

It certainly would not. You're not getting it. We need to have affordable
healthcare coverage for average people. There are two ways to do that. 1)
increase competition via a public option. 2) increase regulation so that
insurance companies can't deny people coverage for things like
pre-existing conditions.


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Nom=de=Plume


Pre-existing is actually 2 items. Those with no insurance and a
pre-existing condition and those with insurance and changing insurance. Put
a large penalty on those with no insurance and a pre-existing condition.
Sort of like buying fire insurance after your house burned down. If you are
going to require the insurance company cover it, then you better make it
possible to recover the excess payouts. If you have a insurance, make the
new insurance company deal with your former as to payments. We could get a
lot more competition in insurance prices with opening up the market, across
state lines, etc. Why should a company with enough reserves to be an
insurance company be banned from selling in a state?

The other question is the healthcare bill affordable healthcare, or
affordable insurance? This "healthcare" bill does nothing for lowering
healthcare costs.