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From: Kommienezuspadt on 17 Oct 2009 20:13 "Jack Hollis" <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:vplkd51u7rr12trvjfqpl96bgt1dj6ql7h(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:17:02 -0400, "Kommienezuspadt" > <NoSpam(a)NoThanks.net> wrote: > >>I have yet to see one Repub say he supports repealing the law -- have you? > > The insurence industry would love to become federally regulated > instead of having to deal with 50 different state regulatory agencies. > In addition, there are some federal laws regulating the health > insurance business with COBRA and HIPAA being the most well-known. > > I'm in favor of people being able to buy insurance out of state which > would automatically bring health insurance under all federal laws > including anti-trust laws. > > This is all complete bullshit because the purpose of the 1945 law was > to give states the power to regulate insurance, not to exempt the > industry from federal anti-trust legislation. I will rephrase -- have you seen a single elected Repub say he/she supports tossing this law out? Please tell us all who & where you found it.
From: Kommienezuspadt on 17 Oct 2009 20:15 "Jack Hollis" <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:kfmkd514gtvmjshh213bs8sh1l2iu03q5n(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:23:41 -0400, "Kommienezuspadt" > <NoSpam(a)NoThanks.net> wrote: > >>> 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. >> >>Why haven't they put their muscle to getting it out of the way? >> >>Are you saying they have no power? > > The forces against such a move are greater than the forces in favor of > it. If they closed down 50 state insurance regulatory boards it would > put a lot of public employees out of work. Many of them are union > members and there are a lot of lawyers there as well. So - you are saying theunions are too tough. > > When's the last time you saw the government do anything that reduced > the size of the public workforce? military reductions.
From: Jack Hollis on 17 Oct 2009 20:36 On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:13:31 -0400, "Kommienezuspadt" <NoSpam(a)NoThanks.net> wrote: >I will rephrase -- have you seen a single elected Repub say he/she supports >tossing this law out? If insurance companies were allowed to sell across state lines they would come under federal anti-trust laws. Most Republicans favor allowing insurance companies to sell across state lines. However, I don't think you would find many Republicans who would support a law imposing federal anti-trust laws on a business that does not engage in interstate commerce. It's not a big deal because it would just give the federal government the right to do what the state regulatory agencies already do.
From: Kommienezuspadt on 17 Oct 2009 21:03 "Jack Hollis" <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:63okd5tudb28007mnfd5lsci5fc8avdedc(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:13:31 -0400, "Kommienezuspadt" > <NoSpam(a)NoThanks.net> wrote: > >>I will rephrase -- have you seen a single elected Repub say he/she >>supports >>tossing this law out? > > If insurance companies were allowed to sell across state lines they > would come under federal anti-trust laws. Most Republicans favor > allowing insurance companies to sell across state lines. > > However, I don't think you would find many Republicans who would > support a law imposing federal anti-trust laws on a business that does > not engage in interstate commerce. > > It's not a big deal because it would just give the federal government > the right to do what the state regulatory agencies already do. I'll take that as a no.
From: Howard Brazee on 17 Oct 2009 22:07
Republicans and Democrats receive lots and lots of from the medical industries. Our Congress Critters know who they work for, and they will continue to make sure that the money keeps coming. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison |