ORIGINAL: MercTech Department of Health and Human Services has nothing to do with insurance companies. The Securities and Exchange Commission regulates insurance companies if they are incorporated. What we need is legislation to make it a SEC violation for health insurance companies to own health care provider companies. As long as that monopolistic practice is allowed to continue; the upward spiraling of health care charges will continue.
I'm with you on separating insurance and providers being owned by the same corporation. I've been saying it for years.