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pokoko on 27 October 2016
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coolbeans said:
pokoko said:

Tenfold?  Where are you getting that from?  Most insurance experts believe it would have little overall effect.  Nothing I've seen even hints at a dramatic impact like "tenfold".  Even if there is potential long-term, it would have to be very carefully planned and enacted or it could turn into a mess that hurts consumers.  Just saying "allowing insurances across any state line" is so vague as to be almost meaningless.

Key word: COMPETITION.  I used that "tenfold" (not in a literal use) figure to reveal the potential of smaller health insurance companies affected by the over-regulatory nature seen across certain states, effectively locking them out.  Actually, popular health economists at University of Minnesota project a national insurance market would increase health coverage by 49% in NJ and 22% in NY for starters.  

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1841266&http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CG4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpapers.ssrn.com%2Fsol3%2FDelivery.cfm%3Fabstractid%3D1841266&ei=cyytT8ruL4GX6AHPrNjzDA&usg=AFQjCNHZ4zgiS4vZ54V5_DBzyWNNQ6cpvw&sig2=2jr64M1Y1pGZq1fT7c4ikw

Maybe it's b/c that terminology is meant to get a simplified point across to a general public?  You know that's not all such a policy entails, right?  Such a bill would have more than "allow insurances across any state line" written so I'm not sure what's your angle here.

Yes, I've read that.  I've also read all the counter arguments.  Do I really have to link them?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/01/upshot/the-problem-with-gop-plans-to-sell-health-insurance-across-state-lines.html

http://www.aei.org/publication/the-pros-and-cons-of-selling-health-insurance-across-state-lines/

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/12/477784813/selling-health-insurance-across-state-lines-sounds-good-but-is-it

Seriously, I'm not going to copy/paste.  Just read it yourself.  There is an entire host of arguments against it, some of them also by popular professors.

As for my "angle", I don't even know what you're talking about.  You mean me asking why you said "tenfold"?  I asked because ... you said it?  If it's not true then don't say it.