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Well, I was trying not to be negative, because often HN is accused of just being 99% negativity, but yeah, I was thinking just that. Philip Greenspun wrote a p

• BadassFractal 13y ago
  Ouch.. do they make breakdowns of that big sum available anywhere?
• BadassFractal 13y ago
  On the negativity note, at which point is it no longer just applying critical thinking, but instead pure cynicism?
• bcoates 13y ago
  Kind of a cheap shot: This website created in compliance with a law designed to increase insurance industry control over medicine is overpriced, therefore we should remove one of the last remaining restrictions on that control.
  • yummyfajitas 13y ago
    How is prohibiting competition a restriction on insurance industry control over medicine? That's like saying medallion cabs have too much control on taxi service, therefore we should not remove restrictions which keep Uber and other competitors out of the market.
    • bcoates 13y ago
      The only "prohibiting competition" rule is that currently insurance companies have to create plans for each state they want to operate in, and those plans have to follow the laws in that state. Since not every state insurance commissioner is captured by the insurance industry, this is a big problem for them so they're heavily lobbying the feds to create a situation where insurance policies are regulated by the state the company is based out of. This will let them set up an operation like corporate governance and consumer lending have, where one of the most corrupt states like Delaware sets up rules that let insurance companies do whatever they want.
• PommeDeTerre 13y ago
  There's absolutely nothing "negative" about wondering how much was paid to do something, including the development of websites.