Posted On: January 18, 2007, 1:49 pm CST

Posted By: Fantasia

Curious, you're right that what is happening here is outrageous, but it's not illegal. Fingers continue to point at insurers, when meddling and micromanaging of the industry by politicians is what got us where we are today. Tallahassee has been gradually but firmly tightening the screws on insurers since 1993, and they've finally had enough.

You might also want to take with a grain of salt these political claims of 25% instant savings. This is pure fiction, penned by politicos desperate to look like they're doing something positive. The truth is that they don't really even understand the problem -- they're trying to treat symptoms and completely ignoring the disease. And you heard it here first -- when these promises of big savings don't materialize over the coming months, these screeching politicos will blame insurance company greed rather than their own failure to grasp and correct the problem.

Boys and girls, we're in for a long, bumpy ride here in Florida.