Stupidity from the right

[SHRED]

Now we have our share on the left side but this is way out there.

This person is a regular RW poster from a forum I visit.
The subject someone posted was, "Tell us about your health insurance".
The response by this person was this:

Costs me 1,559 a month. Full coverage for my family of four. If I were able to buy my insurance across state lines, it would cost me around one third of what it does now. WIth that said, I'll gladly continue paying this premium instead of a complete government takeover.

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What an idiot.

[Skittles]

1. LOL, "stupidity from the right"

like saying rain from the sky

[trotsky]

5. Hahaha

Right on as usual, Skittles.

[DJ13]

2. I still dont get the GOP fascination with insurance across state lines propaganda

I've seen countless 'loons on TV all talking about that, but they never explain how its supposed to save anyone any money.

[SHRED]

3. they obviously forget what the word "monopoly" means

[BumRushDaShow]

4. They also forgot about "price fixing". n/t

[RC]

9. What they do not know is that the health insurance compainies are excemp from the

Anti-Trust laws

"As the Senate prepares to consider comprehensive health care reform legislation, Leahy introduced the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act to repeal the antitrust exemption that was established in the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act.

“A few industries have used their influence to obtain a special, statutory exemption from the antitrust laws, and the insurance industry is one of them,” said Leahy. “In the markets for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance, patients and doctors are paying the price, as costs continue to increase at an alarming rate. Insurers should not object to being subject to the same antitrust laws as everyone else.”

The two key provisions of the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act will repeal the federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies for flagrant antitrust violations, including price-fixing, bid rigging, and market allocations, and subject health insurers and medical malpractice insurers to the same good-competition laws that apply to virtually every other company doing business in the United States."

http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200909/091709a.html

[safeinOhio]

6. That'd work great

Use to have state usury laws. Then credit card companies got to cross state lines to increase competition. Now we have 29% rates that use to be 7%. What a great deal, for insurance companies. If you'll remember, all the credit card companies move to the state with the least regulations so they could charge you the most. What people forget about capitalism is, it's not supply and demand, it's what the market will bare.
You want cheaper prices and better service through competition, break up the big companies into smaller ones.

[abelenkpe2]

7. Yes please

break up the big companies.

Anyone?

[BrklynLiberal]

8. Brilliant...just f**kin brilliant...

[Mz Pip]

10. Talk aboaut biting your nose

to spite your face.

And what happens when a member of the family gets something that actually costs the insurance company money. Then what moron?

[fascisthunter]

11. This person only listens to the right wing

that's the problem...