How come the 1,400 health insurance companies cannot cross state lines like auto?

Should the states get together?
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this is one of the dirty little secrets of HC reform....the houses have stepped in the way of all reform for years now because of an agenda that we are now seeing. there have been a lot of excellent reform packages brought to the table for years now only to squashed by the elitists in washington. anybody interested can find this information with ease. our biggest obstacle has and always will be washington.
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