[Peace-discuss] Fw: Insurance Companies Should Compete

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Yes!

Get government out of the way (by removing the nanny-state 
corporate-welfare protection)
and let the Free Market Operate.

Amen, Sister!

"a free and fair marketplace. "

That's the stuff!

On 12/3/2009 3:25 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>
>
> --- On *Thu, 12/3/09, Patrick Leahy /<info at leahyforvermont.com>/* wrote:
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>     From: Patrick Leahy <info at leahyforvermont.com>
>     Subject: Insurance Companies Should Compete
>     To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
>     Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 1:55 PM
>
>     Dear Jenifer,
>
>     On Tuesday, I took to the Senate floor and formally filed my
>     amendment to repeal the antitrust exemption for health insurance
>     companies.
>
>     I look forward to debating this critical measure during our
>     deliberations on the broader health care reform bill. After all,
>     to bring insurance costs down, we've got to introduce more
>     competition in the marketplace -- and my amendment will do just that.
>
>     Already, nearly 40,000 members of our Leahy online community --
>     including you -- have emailed their Senators urging support of
>     this amendment, and 18 of my colleagues have now co-sponsored it.
>
>     But we need more Senators to join us to get this critical
>     amendment passed.
>
>     *Click here to invite your friends & family to forward an email to
>     their Senators too -- and urge them to support our amendment to
>     repeal the antitrust exemption for health insurance companies!
>     <http://ga3.org/campaign/hcr_antitrust/forward/e8winbdz4jenb755?source=hc_anti3>*
>
>     Our amendment will introduce antitrust oversight to the health
>     insurance industry, ruling out of bounds egregious
>     anti-competitive conduct like price fixing that harms hard-working
>     American families and raises costs. It's an outrageous loophole
>     that must be closed.
>
>     The health insurance industry should compete on a level playing
>     field just like every other business in America, large and small,
>     so that consumers know that the price they're being quoted is the
>     product of a free and fair marketplace.
>
>     That's why our amendment repealing the health insurance industry's
>     antitrust exemption is so important -- but I need your help, right
>     now, to get it passed.
>
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>     As we move forward with debate on the health care reform bill,
>     much of our discussion will be about bringing costs down while
>     expanding and improving insurance coverage.
>
>     This amendment is a vital part of that effort, and we've got to do
>     everything we can to get it passed. *Please invite your friends &
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>     Thanks so much for your help.
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     Patrick Leahy
>     U.S. Senator
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