Vivek Ramaswamy

It's super hard to start a new health insurance company. You think about, like, innovative startups you see in a lot of different areas. Why haven't you heard of a new... You hear of a new innovative startup for, like... basically anything you could imagine, you don't hear a new innovative startup being funded for a new health insurance company. Why?

It's super hard to start a new health insurance company. You think about, like, innovative startups you see in a lot of different areas. Why haven't you heard of a new... You hear of a new innovative startup for, like... basically anything you could imagine, you don't hear a new innovative startup being funded for a new health insurance company. Why?

Because the barriers to entry by regulatory fiat are so darn high.

Because the barriers to entry by regulatory fiat are so darn high.

Because the barriers to entry by regulatory fiat are so darn high.

Of course, yeah. So I don't consider the private health insurance market to actually be a market in any sense of the word. True capitalism and crony capitalism. That's where I look at it. How do you get rid of that? Yeah, well, I think you roll back a lot of those restrictions legislatively. Let's start with that. And then, yeah, I think that alone would see a capital boom and then funding.

Of course, yeah. So I don't consider the private health insurance market to actually be a market in any sense of the word. True capitalism and crony capitalism. That's where I look at it. How do you get rid of that? Yeah, well, I think you roll back a lot of those restrictions legislatively. Let's start with that. And then, yeah, I think that alone would see a capital boom and then funding.

Of course, yeah. So I don't consider the private health insurance market to actually be a market in any sense of the word. True capitalism and crony capitalism. That's where I look at it. How do you get rid of that? Yeah, well, I think you roll back a lot of those restrictions legislatively. Let's start with that. And then, yeah, I think that alone would see a capital boom and then funding.

So it's not, and that's the thing about our beauty of our system is there's certain things that are for a president doing with Congress and the Senate, but there are limits on what a president can do because our founders envisioned a system of federalism where most laws ought to be made and implemented at the level of the states in areas from education to ordinary regulatory policy.

So it's not, and that's the thing about our beauty of our system is there's certain things that are for a president doing with Congress and the Senate, but there are limits on what a president can do because our founders envisioned a system of federalism where most laws ought to be made and implemented at the level of the states in areas from education to ordinary regulatory policy.

So it's not, and that's the thing about our beauty of our system is there's certain things that are for a president doing with Congress and the Senate, but there are limits on what a president can do because our founders envisioned a system of federalism where most laws ought to be made and implemented at the level of the states in areas from education to ordinary regulatory policy.

That's the beauty of our system. There's a lot you can do as a governor, but there's some things that had to be done nationally. And there's a lot you're able to do as a president, but a lot of what's, you know, a country's fate is really in the hands of the states. And in some ways, that's actually kind of market competition of its own.

That's the beauty of our system. There's a lot you can do as a governor, but there's some things that had to be done nationally. And there's a lot you're able to do as a president, but a lot of what's, you know, a country's fate is really in the hands of the states. And in some ways, that's actually kind of market competition of its own.

That's the beauty of our system. There's a lot you can do as a governor, but there's some things that had to be done nationally. And there's a lot you're able to do as a president, but a lot of what's, you know, a country's fate is really in the hands of the states. And in some ways, that's actually kind of market competition of its own.

You look at the number one in two states that people move into right now, it's Texas and Florida. When people leave California and New York, I would love for them to be moving to Ohio. I think there's no reason it actually can't be. It might sound aspirational, but it used to be. It used to be such a state. It's just you go through different cycles of leadership.

You look at the number one in two states that people move into right now, it's Texas and Florida. When people leave California and New York, I would love for them to be moving to Ohio. I think there's no reason it actually can't be. It might sound aspirational, but it used to be. It used to be such a state. It's just you go through different cycles of leadership.

You look at the number one in two states that people move into right now, it's Texas and Florida. When people leave California and New York, I would love for them to be moving to Ohio. I think there's no reason it actually can't be. It might sound aspirational, but it used to be. It used to be such a state. It's just you go through different cycles of leadership.

And I do think that generally Florida and Texas have had pretty good governors, all else equal, for their state. But it would be cool to bring that to what people call—I hate the term the Rust Belt, but what people call the Rust Belt— I think it could be the revival belt of the country. The state of excellence is what I want to help us create.

And I do think that generally Florida and Texas have had pretty good governors, all else equal, for their state. But it would be cool to bring that to what people call—I hate the term the Rust Belt, but what people call the Rust Belt— I think it could be the revival belt of the country. The state of excellence is what I want to help us create.

And I do think that generally Florida and Texas have had pretty good governors, all else equal, for their state. But it would be cool to bring that to what people call—I hate the term the Rust Belt, but what people call the Rust Belt— I think it could be the revival belt of the country. The state of excellence is what I want to help us create.