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Re:Graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous by caw on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @10:34PM (#5447440)
One of the arguments for shopping across state lines is changing the risk profile. There are certain conditions that are more prevalent in certain states or regions (e.g. obesity in the "deep south").

Another argument is that states individually mandate what should be covered under insurance. If you can buy from another state, then you can get (cheaper?) insurance such that you're not paying for things that aren't relevant to you.

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Re:Graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous by tptacek on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @11:07PM (#5447569)
The reality is that shopping across states will result in the least-regulated states hosting the dominant providers; it creates a race to the bottom.
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Re:Graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous by AlexeiSadeski on Wednesday March 27, 2013 @12:19AM (#5447765)
You mean a race to the top :)
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Re:Graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous by twoodfin on Wednesday March 27, 2013 @08:54AM (#5449083)
And the more regulated providers will have no way to sell their added oversight as a benefit worth paying for? That doesn't seem plausible: Certainly PPO's were able to sell "see a specialist without a referral" to many group plan customers.
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