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Romulox

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6. If a for-profit product (insurance) isn't competitive in a free marketplace, then it shouldn't

Reply to lastlib (Original post)

Thu Nov 14, 2013, 11:44 AM

Nov 2013

be a for-profit product. It doesn't deserve to be successful.

Instead, in areas like these in which the so-called "free market" is inadequate, government should step in and provide the services under a not-for-profit paradigm.

Of course, we already have a wildly successful example of this in Medicare.

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Boehner's Plan for Stopping the ACA [View all] lastlib Nov 2013 OP

The Upton bill will not pass and Boehner knows it. This is a show to keep the Tea Party happy and Mass Nov 2013 #1

I sure hope so! flamingdem Nov 2013 #5

I don't think his plan will work. jerkstore90210 Nov 2013 #2

You're right..... lastlib Nov 2013 #3

He put in his thumb, pulled out a plumb, and said, "what a good boy am I" rock Nov 2013 #4

If a for-profit product (insurance) isn't competitive in a free marketplace, then it shouldn't Romulox Nov 2013 #6

you're exactly right! lastlib Nov 2013 #7