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I can produce LOTS of examples where the party seeking the mandates is not the insurance companies, but I'll take you at your word that large insurance companies do team up with the government to put mandates in place that favor the large companies.
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I don't have any inside information from Capitol Hill, let alone the Texas Ledge. But ask yourself this: Who has the money, clout & hired lobbyists to get their agenda enacted into law: Insurance corporations and HMOs or acupuncturist PACS?
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Originally Posted by DirtFarmer
That hardly fits the definition of a free market.
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What is this mythical "free market" to which you and Milton Friedman keep referring? In real life, there is only a manipulated market.
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If the problem is government mandates that favor large insurance companies and prohibit free competition, it seems that the solution should be less government, not more. Getting the government out of the picture (no more mandates) would allow companies with creative packages and low prices to compete.
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And just how would that be accomplished?
I say the solution is not necessarily
less government, (or more) but
less-corrupt government.
And the only way to that end is to elect people who do not accept lobbyist money, special-interest money, PAC money, corporate contributions or soft money.
If we can't do that, the very least we could do is require members of Congress to be open about who's backing them by wearing the corporate logos of the corporations sponsoring them out in the open, a'la NASCAR.
