Republican doctor says HB133 protects health insurance profits

From Dr. Joseph Jarvis, a Republican who ran against now-Senator Scott McCoy (Salt Lake Tribume):

It is axiomatic that sustainable health-system reform, when (or if) it finally comes to Utah (or any part of the nation), will come only after arduous and divisive debate.

The reason is simple: Too much money is being made by too many corporations from the contributions from employers, philanthropists and taxpayers that are intended to care for the sick and the injured. [...]

Described in this section [of the bill] are a dozen different ways that the insurance industry is to be favored, including exemption from state health-insurance laws, creating minimum required coverage policies and bringing public employees into the private health insurance market.

Unquestionably, this bill was written by the insurance companies and for the insurance companies. I think the bill title should be "No Health Insurance Company Left Behind."

It is outrageous that Utah state government should be instructed to sustain a viable insurance market. Since when is government in charge of sustaining any market? How is it a market if government must sustain it?