House Republicans unveil health care plan - Capitol Hill- msnbc.com: "House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a $700 billion health care plan that would offer tax credits to help people buy insurance, yet unlike Democratic proposals, wouldn't require either individuals or employers to get coverage.
Some of the ideas in the plan appeal to moderate Democrats, but with Republicans out of power, there's little likelihood their proposal will be enacted. Nonetheless, it will give GOP lawmakers under fire for their opposition to President Barack Obama's plan something positive to point to when they go home for the congressional August break.
'We are introducing this bill because we support health care reform, but in way that empowers patients,' said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for the House Republican Study Committee. 'While the president continues to insist there is appetite for the status quo in Congress, it's not coming from Republicans.'"
It seems that Republican solution to ever thing is tax credits. But it does nothing for those who would buy health insurance if some insurance compant would offer it. While the Republicans mouth the words of supporting health reform, the only real thing that they are supporting are the large contributors to their campaigns. It's all about money. Money talks and who ever pays the most has the largest voice. Too bad they do not really represent those who elected them rather than those who paid the bills for commericals to get them elected.
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The other thing the Republican bill would do is take control away from the states who regulate the insurance industry. Actually, it looks like in the end no one would regulate insurance companies. Sound like nothing more than greed. The Republican who support these bill should have asked for money to bring it forward.
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