Good article by Moore. Hard to disagree with anything he said.
However, not everything he proposed can pass with a simple majority. And there’s no way Democrats will support anything on the bill. Which gets us back to the nuclear option, which McConnell won’t do. IMO, the 60 vote requirement to pass a law breeds corruption.
I’ve often wondered what it would take to get to be able to buy and sell insurance across state lines. What’s preventing it now? Federal or state laws? I’m a states’ rights guy, but it seems like a federal bill allowing it would be within the constitutional purview of Congress because they have the authority to regulate interstate commerce. The only logical reason for preventing it is that insurance companies are lining the pockets of our duly elected representatives.
McConnell should have gotten rid of 60 vote requirement as soon as he became Majority Leader. I do realize it wouldn't have done any good as long as dingy Harry Reid was still in the senate, but he could have done so in January. Shame on him for not doing so.
I think state law does have quite a bit to do with it because of licensing fees, requirements Etc. But a constitutional amendment could override these restrictions.
Twenty-one states have considered legislation to allow the sale of insurance across state lines. Five states actually allow that now - Wyoming, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, and Rhode Island. Two of those states passed the law pre-Obamacare and the rest passed the law post-Obamacare. Do you know how many insurance companies have taken advantage of these laws and sold policies in states that they had not done business in before? None. Do you know how many policies have been sold to people in those states from companies not currently doing business there? None. There is absolutely no financial incentive for companies to sell the policies or for the people to buy them. That isn't changing any time soon the way insurance works in this country.