Forward regress: Liberals resisting insurance ideas

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: March 19, 2009

Oklahoma ’s chronic uninsured problem is of major concern to folks who call themselves "progressive.” So why do they resist proposals to reduce the problem?

The opposition has come in many forms, but we’ll focus on two. One is the resistance to so-called bare-bones health insurance policies. The other is the drumbeat for adding expensive mandates to group insurance policies.

Mandates increa...


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