Bump!
This has been suggested as a partial solution to the high cost of health care for a long time. More competition. The democrat controlled congress shot down every republican proposal for healthcare reform and I believe this was one of them.
You could also solve this problem by not allowing governments to dictate what is covered in plans.
I.e.-
What we had before: states dictate different sets of coverage.
CommieCare solution: Fed dictates coverage so state doesn’t matter.
Free Market solution: don’t dictate coverage.
Hey, a real, actual use of the Commerce Power!
Great article.
But let’s remember, you couldn’t buy health insurance from outside your State before Obamacare. The State legislators and insurance boards created and maintained health insurance monopolies then and that practice continues under Obamacare.
It is even worse under Obamacare. In many cases your choice of insurance companies is limited by the COUNTY you live in. You don’t even have access to other insurance sold in your own State on the ‘exchanges’
Obamacare was about creating new monopolies and strengthening old ones all throughout our healthcare system.
The whole thing stinks from top to bottom but let’s not pretend that some of these features were not there before. The worst of them have been retained and strengthened under Obamacare.
We need REAL reform.
It would be interesting to see just what the cost of a health care policy with similar deductables would cost in each of these states and find out just what the savings are.
“In Massachusetts, for instance, health insurance policies must cover ... infertility treatments...”
In CA, they cover infertility treatments for gay couples.