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> I would take away from this the lesson that the political desire to use states as "laboratories of democracy" is sometimes the completely wrong move; Well, i
by fennecfoxen 13y ago
> I would take away from this the lesson that the political desire to use states as "laboratories of democracy" is sometimes the completely wrong move;
Well, in this case, since the mandate was essentially "implement this very specific federally-mandated policy monoculture!" there's really not a lot of gain you could hope to have from the Laboratory model. If the states had the freedom to vary health care policy in meaningful ways, it would be a different matter.
- r00fus 13y agoIs the requirement to setup an health insurance exchange (or grant residents access to the federal exchange) a "monoculture"? If you're informed about the situation, what parts of the state exchange requirement are "onerous" when compared with the status quo (i.e., what the insurance industry already requires)?