Plan aims to drive down costs rather than extend coverage to everyone
WASHINGTON - After months spent criticizing Democrats' health overhaul plans, House Republicans have produced a draft proposal of their own. It's much shorter and focuses on bringing down costs rather than extending coverage to nearly all Americans.
A 230-page draft was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. A spokeswoman for Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said changes were still being made before the bill would be finalized in time to offer as an alternative when Democrats begin floor debate on their bill, possibly at the end of this week.
The bill leaves out a number of the key features of the Democrats' 1,990-page legislation, such as new requirements for employers to insure their employees and for nearly all Americans to purchase insurance. It also doesn't block insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing health conditions, as Democrats would do.
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6 comments:
More of the same from the Redumblicans...nothing.
So if you are sick the insurance companies can drop you.....great plan.
But it's shorter so it must be better, because reading sucks.
Have any of you read the plan by the republcans before you comment on it? Better yet have you read the 2,000 public takeover. Of course you have! This is why we are headed for dissaster.
A typical response from the left ! This is the misinformation you get from these fringe media outlets why don't you read it yourself before making a comment .
It sounds like you read both plans too. I can tell because the other plan doesn't have any kind of takeover in it. There is an "option" to buy insurance from a non-profit insurance company. It sound like you like the good old, rape me and dump me insurance routine though.
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