tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post2358679887575311050..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Point Counter Point Weekly Addressesmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-85158164757731919252009-11-01T08:24:31.187-08:002009-11-01T08:24:31.187-08:00You're first point is interesting and that'...You're first point is interesting and that's why I said that it was good in theory. Your second point is totally hypothetically. It's also why I support the repeal of McCarron/Ferguson. As for you third point, that's just dumb. The public is with the Reps. They don't want this bill. If there was a bill that allowed the things Reps want, it would get 80% approval and pass in a week.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-80057197172926763422009-11-01T07:38:34.090-08:002009-11-01T07:38:34.090-08:00So you want to buy insurance across state lines, a...So you want to buy insurance across state lines, and let states innovate on their own?<br /><br />Aren't those mutually exclusive? In order to buy insurance across state lines, state would have to be stripped of their ability to regulate insurance, which would basically eliminate their ability to "innovate on their own".<br /><br />Besides, even if you could buy across state lines, you think Cigna of Wisconsin is going to compete with Cigna of Illinois? Or Wellpoint of California compete with Wellpoint of Oregon? Or BlueCross/BlueShield of Kansas compete with BCBS of Missouri? Exactly how much more competition is this really going to create?<br /><br />Then there is the image problem. The Republicans can't really generate any credibility about reform when their party talks about killing health care reform like they talk about killing Al Qaeda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com