Prediction: Here's what the Republicans will offer as "health insurance" and what will happen.

[Yavin4]

The Republican alternative will be the following:

(1) Allow policies to be sold across state lines.
(2) Prohibit lawsuits to insurance companies that sell across state lines
(3) Prohibit states from regulating these policies
(4) Prohibit any disclosure laws about these policies or the companies that sell them

What will happen

(1) Some red state (or states) will completely de-regulate health insurance companies operating in their state
(2) Cheap "policies" wil be sold to people across the country. Even businesses will buy them for their employees.
(3) People will buy these by the bundles
(4) When people go to use the insurance, they will find that their provider(s) won't take it.
(5) Hospitals will refuse to accept it.
(6) Medical expenses won't be reimbursed.
(7) Companies that sold the insurance will declare bankruptcy and escape all liability.
(8) No one will be able to sue. See point 2 above.
(9) People who bought the policies will be shit-out-of-luck with no place to turn.
(10) The sick won't get care because their policies are fradulent.
(11) The people running the schemes will be living the good life and escape any criminal prosecution.

[AZ Mike]

1. The irony of "states rights" protests by the GOP....

....is that federal legislation to allow the sale of insurance across state lines is a total usurpation of individual states rights to regulate its industries. You probably are pretty accurate in your predictions.

[Yavin4]

2. Their argument would be that states are free to regulate any industry in their state

But they cannot force a company from outside their state to be subjected to that state's regulations.

[AZ Mike]

4. Insurance companies as supra-jurisdictional entities?

What could go wrong?

[arcane1]

3. (12) Conserviative voters will blame it all on "Obamacare" anyway

They aren't very bright.

[airplaneman]

5. (1) Allow policies to be sold across state lines.

I remember when this promise about energy companies was going to be the solution to all our problems and then along came ENRON.
-Airpalne

[Yavin4]

6. Exactly.

It's a way to bypass regulations and rip off the public.

[bluesbassman]

7. And they'll allow banks to sell these policies.

Can't forget to let the banktsers get a piece of the action.

[Drahthaardogs]

8. Sounds like Banking Industry under Bush

hmmmmm