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Economy
It's Happening: Health Insurance Will Soon Be Sold Across State Lines
2018-01-05
Glory halleluyah!
[Townhall] Although the Trump administration and Congress have struggled to fully repeal Obamacare, while putting a good dent in the law by repealing the individual mandate through tax reform, officials are finding new ways to lower costs and expand coverage to consumers.

On Thursday, the Department of Labor announced a new rule proposal that opens the door to allowing insurance companies to sell plans and coverage across state lines. From Insurance News Net:
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  This should have been done on day one of the "Republican Majority".
It should have been step one of any reform and it should have been Executive Order #1
Posted by: Blackbeard Elmamp4744   2018-01-05 18:03  

#2  They will have to repeal McCarran-Ferguson first

Maybe they're going the DACA route, which is essentially to use executive orders to override legislation. Obama really opened up a can of worms there. At this rate, the president will pretty much make law until judges get hold of it. The problem is that judges are by default liberal, which means a liberal president will get most anything he wants from the court, and a conservative president will get peanuts.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2018-01-05 01:39  

#1  They will have to repeal McCarran-Ferguson first, that's the legislation that took insurance out of interstate commerce and gave it over to the states.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-01-05 00:55  

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