http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/dems-go-after-antitrust-exemption-for-insurers/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/dems-go-after-antitrust-exemption-for-insurers/comment-page-1/#comment-344226 Mothsmoke Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:04:39 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16009#comment-344226 Well...we'll see where this goes but I must say it's eyebrow raising. The conventional wisdom is that with competition, there are lower prices -- it's better for the consumer. If there was to be a wholesale reform of the healthcare reform, why is it that it took the healthcare lobby going off of the rails before this exemption was attacked? The exemption should have been on the chopping block from the get go. This is purely a retaliatory move which makes me wonder if the bluster about it will die down -- or completely go away --if the insurance lobby gets back on message. Well…we'll see where this goes but I must say it's eyebrow raising. The conventional wisdom is that with competition, there are lower prices — it's better for the consumer. If there was to be a wholesale reform of the healthcare reform, why is it that it took the healthcare lobby going off of the rails before this exemption was attacked? The exemption should have been on the chopping block from the get go. This is purely a retaliatory move which makes me wonder if the bluster about it will die down — or completely go away –if the insurance lobby gets back on message.

]]> http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/dems-go-after-antitrust-exemption-for-insurers/comment-page-1/#comment-304074 Mothsmoke Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:04:39 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16009#comment-304074 Well...we'll see where this goes but I must say it's eyebrow raising. The conventional wisdom is that with competition, there are lower prices -- it's better for the consumer. If there was to be a wholesale reform of the healthcare reform, why is it that it took the healthcare lobby going off of the rails before this exemption was attacked? The exemption should have been on the chopping block from the get go. This is purely a retaliatory move which makes me wonder if the bluster about it will die down -- or completely go away --if the insurance lobby gets back on message. Well…we'll see where this goes but I must say it's eyebrow raising. The conventional wisdom is that with competition, there are lower prices — it's better for the consumer. If there was to be a wholesale reform of the healthcare reform, why is it that it took the healthcare lobby going off of the rails before this exemption was attacked? The exemption should have been on the chopping block from the get go. This is purely a retaliatory move which makes me wonder if the bluster about it will die down — or completely go away –if the insurance lobby gets back on message.

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