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In reply to the discussion: Who Wants To Cut Their Healthcare Costs By 20% Instantly [View all]FBaggins
(28,613 posts)#52 - I pointed out that health insurance companies have competitors.
#84 - You replied that "there is no competition" and used as evidence a wealthy couple who were fighting the outrageous prices that pharmaceutical companies charge while they have a monopoly/patent on the drug.
#85 - I pointed out that of course having a monopoly without the government capping the price is the very opposite of competition, but that we were discussing health insurance companies, not drug companies. Then I pointed out that even drug companies had competitors again when their monopoly patentents expire and anyone who had spent years in the industry would know that generic drug prices plummet rapidly in that environment.
#91 - You doubled down that the video actually supported the "no competition" claim for health insurance companies and then inexplicably claimed that the basic facts on drug pricing once the patent expires proved that I didn't understand what was going on.
#91 - I challenged you to back up the ridiculous claim and you went into your "emperor's new clothes" mode.