Jonathan Cohn argues that Republicans aren’t going to be able to run against the health-care legislation as an example of corporate welfare: “It’s not as if the Republicans were proposing to come down even harder on the health care industry. . . . Instead, you heard them proposing to minimize government intervention in the business of medical care and calling to deregulate the insurance industry, which is what Kristol means when he says ‘more insurance competition.’ In case you were wondering, this is precisely the sort of change the insurance industry would love.” The insurance industry loves removing regulatory barriers to competition? Then why has Blue Cross/Blue Shield lobbied against it for years?

About the Author
Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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