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Re:U.S. Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Acti... by libertyEQ on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @05:00PM (#15554224)
What free market are you talking about?

Until we fix the collusion between the American Hospital Association[0] and insurance companies through the National Uniform Billing Committee[1] to opaquely set pricing, there will be no free market in the healthcare industry.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Hospital_Association

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Uniform_Billing_Commi...

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Re:U.S. Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Acti... by tehwebguy on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @05:47PM (#15554575)
I mean that if the ban on denying coverage for pre-existing conditions causes the health insurance industry to collapse I'm sure the actual health care industry will figure something out.
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