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03-08-2010, 02:00 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
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now its the insurance companies
o is out bashing them today, seems like just yesterday he was bashing wall st. Im starting to think that all people who work are bad. If only the government would take everything over, banks, car companies, insurance companies, all would be much better.
I also think the flag is getting a little out dated, how about a red one with a yellow star on it, simple, no?
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03-08-2010, 02:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Insurance Companies need plenty of Bashing 
they are Lying- back stabbing -thieves 
(most of the time...but not always)
and are never or rarely held accountable
they are ABOVE the law |
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03-08-2010, 02:23 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
Insurance Companies need plenty of Bashing
they are Lying- back stabbing -thieves
(most of the time...but not always)
and are never or rarely held accountable
they are ABOVE the law |
so, then there must be a huge opportunity for competition, no? Obama is saying they all are raising rates, you're disatisfied with their service, sounds like a great market to enter! Look at the BIZZILIONS pumped into dot.coms by venture capital in the 90s. There was a compelling business justification. Why not health insurance? Surely some of the brilliant investors in the US can pull together loads of cash and offer low cost insurance? Great customer service? Right?
Wrong!! its a pyramid scheme that barely squeaks by! Only the government would make such a dumb investment and it looks like they will! |
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03-08-2010, 04:04 PM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
Posts: 3,275
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RIJ is right, th eway you get the insurance companies under control is to allow them to compete across state lines and open up COMPETITION at worst service will stay where it is and rates will go down.
Need an example???? Look at your phonebill, since MA Bell got broken up prices have come down considerably, I remember paying $1.00/minute from Boston to Providence in the 80's...
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“It’s not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections,” Antonin Scalia
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03-08-2010, 04:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,302
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishpart
RIJ is right, th eway you get the insurance companies under control is to allow them to compete across state lines and open up COMPETITION at worst service will stay where it is and rates will go down.
Need an example???? Look at your phonebill, since MA Bell got broken up prices have come down considerably, I remember paying $1.00/minute from Boston to Providence in the 80's...
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The difference is that there are very little differences is providing the service in terms of your costs compared to location. A phone call in MA shouldn't be that much different that one in Okl.
With insurance, the costs depend greatly on where the service is provided. Do you think an insurance company is going to let someone living in NY buy insurance at Okl. rates or are they going to charge the NY rates to the Okl. residents? |
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03-08-2010, 06:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Mansfield
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulS
The difference is that there are very little differences is providing the service in terms of your costs compared to location. A phone call in MA shouldn't be that much different that one in Okl.
With insurance, the costs depend greatly on where the service is provided. Do you think an insurance company is going to let someone living in NY buy insurance at Okl. rates or are they going to charge the NY rates to the Okl. residents?
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Why are the rates different? I'm convinced the reason they are is because companies now have the ability to screw the state of their choosing without fear of cross-stateline compitition. |
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03-08-2010, 05:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishpart
Need an example???? Look at your phonebill, since MA Bell got broken up prices have come down considerably, I remember paying $1.00/minute from Boston to Providence in the 80's...
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That has more to do with the technology becoming a commodity than anything else...
-spence |
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03-08-2010, 07:16 PM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
Posts: 3,275
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When you increase competition, people come up with innovative ways to cut costs.....
With only 2 carriers in RI, you can't tell me they don't wink wink "manage" the pricing and delivery........
Next step is capping what you can get out of a frivilous lawsuit...
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03-08-2010, 04:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Anyone ever notice that the tallest building in many American cities is owned by a insurance company?
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03-08-2010, 05:07 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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i agree fishpart
this country was founded on free enterprise
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