At 05:23 PM 8/28/2010, you wrote:

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 02:39:06PM -0700, Lyle Tuttle wrote:
> At 12:16 PM 8/28/2010, you wrote:
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>     > We have a problem and it needs to be fixed. I believe in a free market
>     > solution.
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>     The health insurance industry has been operating under a free market
>     system forever.
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> Sorry - that is not correct.......big brother govt has had their hand in for
> quite some time, messing up the works.

Oh. That's probably the reason rates have *far* outstripped inflation.
Yup, too much regulation. Couldn't be the profit motive.

Of COURSE profit motive enters the picture......but get govt OUT and let the FREE MARKET work!

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> If 100% of the people bought, we would have much lower pricing

That's a feature of the health care package.....the feature that causes
conservatives to have a stroke.

You just haven't received the bill yet...for example, did you know you will soon get to pay a 3.8% tax on the selling price of your home, with that tax going to heqlth care????? Now, I ask you, what the heck does selling a house have to do with health care? Nothing, they are just hiding the real cost...there ain't no free lunch - they may be putting them out on consignment for now, but sooner or later.....