Reply #38: *yawn* Okay, I'll throw you a rhetorical bone. [View All]

I work in healthcare law, and specifically on issues dealing with Medicare, EMTALA, HIPAA, and so on. So, yes, perhaps I should've been more specific--I wasn't implying that there are no regulations whatsoever on insurance companies, but those regulations are NOT on profits. That really doesn't invalidate my point at all--if anything, it shows just how much more regulation is needed.

And I did not say that I am in favor of FULLY nationalized healthcare, but I absolutely think we need to go in that direction. The system we have now sure as hell isn't working. Most of the conservative arguments against doing so are easily debunked, and I think you know that.

But please do go on...continue with your RW talking points. I'll just be over here on the phone, fighting with my HMO one more time over some needed tests (actually, that really is what I'm doing this afternoon).