"Health insurance competition is (intentionally) limited to one or two providers in some states. This is done through regulation (like capital requirements) which effectively makes competition impossible.<br>Also", see the "Contra Krugman" podcast, which refutes every Krugman column ever.,(reply>), @Batman It was already ridiculously expensive before,(reply>), The goal of Obamacare is to make healthcare so expensive that we switch to single payer system