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Originally Posted by flstf
Are there any laws to prevent a state from grouping all their residences together to negotiate lower health care insurance costs, or for that matter how about all the states getting together to negotiate a super low rate? I ask this almost as a joke, but I wonder.
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Are you asking if states can create their own public insurance agencies, and then bargain via those for lower health insurance costs? I'm honestly not sure, although you'd need a large number of people enrolled in the plan. I'm not sure exactly how many, but I'm talking many millions. Probably only a few states (CA, TX, IL, NY, PA, FL, probably some others) have enough, especially since we can't expect 100% of residents to sign up.
Also, all the states getting together to negotiate a super low rate is basically a federally administered public option.