7 Mar 2012 1:04 pm
The so-called "purchasing across state lines" notion that the parrots have been trained to repeat is nothing but a thinly veiled attempt to castrate individual states' powers to regulate insurance companies, which would result in a "race to the bottom" between all 50 states.This is just another republican assault on states' rights.Partly correct, but the purpose of the Commerce Clause was to facilitate business between states; to prevent them from putting up artificial barriers.So allowing interstate purchase of health insurance is fully in keeping with the spirit of the Constitution.It wouldn't be a "race to the bottom," unless you think Americans are stupid. It would be a race to provide what they want without the interference of politicians and Special Interest Groups, including insurance companies themselves.