Quote:As usual, liberal ideas about commerce work just fine until the real world intrudes. What's the most recent industry to get a new batch of regulation? Health care. What happens immediately after the government sticks its nose further in the tent? Consolidation. The free market doesn't cause this, over regulation and government intrusion cause it.

 

UnitedHealthcare trying to buy Aetna.

 

http://moneybasicsradio.com/2015/06/unit...-or-stock/

 

Anthem trying to buy Cigna and Aetna trying to buy Humana.

 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/anthem-bids-...1434821349

 

Of course Democrats want single payer and Republicans favor big business, so we're all going to get screwed. Too bad we don't have a free market solution to this madness.

 

LOL, when was the last time you read a book on economics.  I mean seriously, Econ101 completely shuts down your arguement.  You honestly think that the ACA (Obamacare) causes the consolidation?  Talk about a spurious correlation...  X happened.  Then A happened.  X caused A.  That's not always how it works...

 

We had a free market solution prior to the ACA...  The insurance companies were making up all the rules.  How'd that work out for us?  

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