12-24-2013, 01:33 PM
calling the insurance industry we have now "free market" is laughable. That would be like saying the utilities, phone companies and cable companies exist in a free market. If you want to see what a free market looks like, take a look at the electronics industry. No "regulation"(another way of saying controlled by and benefiting the few), and the products get better every year while the prices fall. The whole point of the ACA is that the insurance companies are in bed with the government and "regulated" for their own benefit, just like the utilities. There is no true free market in the world today that I know of, so please quit misusing the term. There was once a free market in this country, or as close to one as ever has been and it made us the wealthiest and most prosperous country in the world, this is no longer the case.