As a Registered Nurse who left the profession because I felt I could no longer offer good medical care due to insurance company restrictions, I heartily support any measure that will limit the reach and influence of these unnecessary middlemen we, for some reason, have turned over our health to... for their profit.

Health insurance companies collude they should be punished just as other businesses for anticompetitive behavior

The cost of dental work is way outside the ability of the average working person or retiree! The size of the fees vary widely. Dental insurance is a joke. Everything is a credit card charging interest. The state of dental health in this country is worse even than general healthcare!

I don't understand why they would be exempt at all. Allowing insurance companies to collude with each other to set premiums and prices is a major contributing factor to why our country pays almost three times as much in health care expenses as other countries. We need to level the playing field and force in them to compete for business - like every other industry in this nation - fairly.

When has the health insurance industry acted in the interest of anyone but their CEO's & shareholders? If we want to resurrect our ailing & dysfunctional healthcare system--so that Malaysia & Costa Rica are not better places to have surgery than the U.S.--we must hold the industry accountable for their behavior. Citizens have no choice than to seek care for illness & injury. If we allow greed to be the basis of the delivery system, we might as well start subsidizing airfare to Asia so that American citizens can get decent healthcare a price that makes sense.

I wish we were voting to eliminate insurance companies.

This is a Duh! But really it's time for a single payer medical healthcare system. Just put the greedy insurance companies out of business.

The insurance companies have far too much leeway currently, and they do not use it responsibly. It's time to get them and their pricing under control.

We need to just switch to single payer already

Antitrust laws are for businesses. Big Pharmas, insurance companies, and medical professionals are all in it for the money no matter what horsepoop they spew about their 'mission statements'. They should all be held to the same standards as other types of businesses.

Long overdue!!

Why shouldn't they be

I favor single payer but if we are going to have our current system, I want the maximum amount of competition possible

Ordinarily I'd say keep antitrust laws in the background until there's a monopoly starting. However, health insurance companies have been colluding to raise prices for decades in such ways that would be illegal in any other industry. The notion that allowing profit making ventures to do whatever they want with no consequences is in any way good for consumers is laughable. Or would be, except that people really believe it despite it never having happened in human history. Antitrust laws should apply to all industry.

Absolutely insurance companies are in collusion with doctors as it is now try to go into your local doctors office and tell them that you want to pay cash they will refuse that it has to go through Insurance Company I'm speaking of years past but of course Obama Care has enforced this that we must use insurance. Driving up the cost for processing the insurance payments and for deductibles. More doctors are going to Wellness care which leaves out insurance payments to the doctor's office cutting out the insurance payments and processing for the doctor which adds to the cost of your visits.

Medical system is broken and its thanks to the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. Nuff said.

for sure

And eliminate ERISA protection for companies at the citizen"s expense

Why would one industry get a carve out? We pay the highest prices in the world, they shouldn't be allowed to price gouge.