From: Frank Ketchum on

"Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:41:07 -0700, gray asphalt wrote:
>
>> The health insurance industry, along with major league baseball, are
>> the only two industries in the United States with an anti-trust
>> exemption.
>
> All you free market libertarians must think this is wrong, correct?

Correct. What is your point?


From: Frank Ketchum on

"Kommienezuspadt" <NoSpam(a)NoThanks.net> wrote in message
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>
> I'm a capitalist -- have been for 37+ years --- but I heard the other day
> that the insurance industry takes in over 200 billion dollars in profits &
> overhead out of health care every year. Imagine that amount -- it is over
> twice what is being planned for giving coverage in the plans floating
> around.
>
> As for why now? I suspect it is partly fueled by anger over the insurance
> industry using half truths with a purposely flawed study to try to keep a
> strangle hold on their profits.
>
> I keep waiting for the free market types to defend this protection -- but
> so far I've only gotten insults from them -- must be they have not
> received their orders.

You keep waiting for free market types to defend what? The anti trust laws
for insurance?
Free market types do not believe in anti trust laws so you won't find any
defending it.

And you claim you are a capitalist but not a free market type? Amusing.


From: Frank Ketchum on

"gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> What about the anti-trust exemption that the
> health insurance industry has?

Repeal them. Let the health insurance industry companies sink or swim based
on the free market without government protection.


From: Jack Hollis on
On 17 Oct 2009 11:50:47 GMT, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com>
wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:41:07 -0700, gray asphalt wrote:
>
>> The health insurance industry, along with major league baseball, are
>> the only two industries in the United States with an anti-trust
>> exemption.
>
>All you free market libertarians must think this is wrong, correct?

This is so silly, the insurance business does not have any special
exemption form anti trust laws. They're exempt because the law
mandates that the states regulate the insurance business.

The insurance business would love to get out from under 50 different
state regulatory agencies and become federally regulated. Of course,
this wont happen because it would put too many lawyers out of
business.
From: Dinosaur_Sr on
On Oct 16, 7:42 pm, "gray asphalt" <dontwr...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> "BAR" <sc...(a)you.com> wrote in message
>
> news:MPG.2542235f2962eaa098969c(a)news.giganews.com...
>
>
>
> > In article <GiPBm.13234$_l1.3...(a)newsfe06.iad>, dontwr...(a)gmail.com
> > says...
>
> >> Ok, I'm not the most imformed person. I didn't know
> >> that BP was British Petroleum so maybe this isn't news ...
>
> >> The health insurance industry, along with major league
> >> baseball, are the only two industries in the United States
> >> with an anti-trust exemption.
>
> > Sen. Harry Reid says the health care proposal coming form the Senate
> > will cost $2,000,000,000,000. It's caught on video too. Does that scare
> > you?
>
> > Do you like the proposal from some in the House that says open up
> > Medicare to everyone. The system already existst. The contracts are
> > negotiated with the doctors and hospitals. No massive overhaul of the
> > medical system. Just start pulling people into this "public option" now..
>
> What about the anti-trust exemption that the
> health insurance industry has?

What about it? What about the anti trust exemption the government has?
Why not have competing federal governments? If you want to know why
there is an anti trust for the health insurance industry, look up the
legislation and see what it says.