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Originally Posted by Azure
I actually went and scoured through Senate and House records to find out which bills those were and then I explained to you how the restriction of insurance companies operating out of state could be fixed by the Federal Government and this is your response?
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No, the response was to the "stupid rhetoric" comment, which you've now repeated about seven times. Sounds kind of like a weak attempt to avoid real debate.
For my response to the bills you posted, see above. These bills do not repeal existing state regulations. Existing state regulations are the reason that health care insurance is not portable across state lines. Obama cannot repeal those, not because he doesn't want to (though I certainly don't know for a fact that he does) but because
he lacks the constitutional authority to do so. Pretty simple, really. The President is not a dictator.
Anyway, aren't we kind of splitting hairs? Do we really think insurance portability is the panacea that will save the U.S. health care industry? John McCain proposed this very thing during the campaign, and as I recall the collective laughter from factchecking organizations was pretty deafening.