Constrain markets to create monopolies that can be controlled by a federal regulatory regime
Contradicts this statement:
(this is why liberals oppose markets expanding across state lines)
The best way to guarantee that there will only be a few big players in the insurance market is to allow those markets to expand across state lines. That's what happened in banking, and it will happen in insurance as well.
I don't know that there is any real liberal opposition to expanding markets across state lines. It's probably more a case of those in favor of local control in opposition to those who want to federalize everything.
Why can't libertarians understand this? Why can't they figure out that "opening up markets" nationwide doesn't necessarily lead to freer markets. It only results in more nationalized markets which are more readily controlled by the feds rather than the states or cities.
The logical extension of this principle is to open up markets globally, which is something libertarians are for, but which ends up making our markets controlled by the feckless UN and undemocratic WTO and IMF.
So the US plays the sucker and abides by UN/WTO/IMF rulings but China, Russia, etc. do not.
How's that good for free markets and competition?
The free market is ALWAYS the solution. We need to keep the faith. No one person can control the free market, it’s a force of nature. And it’s one one of the mechanisms God uses to express His will in the world —just as He uses storms, volcanoes, droughts, etc. and raises up or causes the downfall of certain leaders.
The GOPe is pushing half measures. REPEAL Obamacare already! Get rid of it and don’t look back. And while you’re at it, do the same for Medicare and Medicaid. Don’t “block grant” them. Don’t pare them back. Set fire to the whole idea of health care as an “entitlement.” Then sit back and watch in awe as the free market swoops in and provides something far better for a lot less money.