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In reply to the discussion: The stunning truth about healthcare pricing [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)numbers at hand and I thank you for posting them.
But as I was saying, the Big Health Insurers, and Big Medicine and Big Pharma have put together legislation (now enacted) that trumps the statutes you cite:
Price discrimination is made illegal under:
the Sherman Antitrust Act 15 U.S.C. §2
the Clayton Act 15 U.S.C. §13, and
the Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§13-13b, 21a.
At one time there was references posted here on DU as to where in our legal code this exemption is enacted, but it exists and because it has been legalized, the Supreme Court would leave it alone. Also it is wise to note that Big Medicine and Big Health Insurance and Pharmaceutical products, devices treatments are the ONLY EXCEPTIONS to the statutes you mention.
In any event, these days, the members of the Supreme Court are most carefully chosen so that they will always stand with and for the Big Corporations. For instance before 1920, the Supreme Court ruled against the mandates forcing vaccinations upon individuals, while now the Supreme Court rules for those mandates.
For instance, The Supreme Court members have voted to stand with Big Industry over private homeowners, and in fact, recently it was two of the Republicans that thought eminent domain should not be used to take someone's home away and put in a golf course or shopping center. Ditto the Supreme Court on medical marijuana - the Republican SCOTUS members have actually been more inclined to not allow the Big Pharma suppression of medical marijuana.
Please understand - I am not saying I am agreeing with this. I am just saying that our nation is now cleverly ruled by the One Supreme Big Money Party, and as George Carlin pointed out many times, you and I are not in that club.