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Lordquinton

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5. The act does much more than just make people buy insurance

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2013, 09:09 PM

Nov 2013

It places a lot of regulations on the Insurance industry, like no denial of coverage for a pre-existing condition, must spend most of their spending on coverage, and not advertising (or somesuch, the details elude me at the moment, but that's the gist) and enforces standards of coverage, so you can't be suckered into a plan that's in reality just giving the company money for nothing in return.

That's why they don't like it.

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A question for my fellow skeptics: [View all] trotsky Nov 2013 OP

I have a couple of libodem Nov 2013 #1

It's depressing to hear fellow human beings being so cold and callous toward others. trotsky Nov 2013 #3

I couldn't do it libodem Nov 2013 #4

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That would be my opinion also. The Rs see the ACA as a foot in the door, to be inevitably followed dimbear Nov 2013 #6

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There are plenty of fish in the sea... Act_of_Reparation Nov 2013 #7