GOP health bill - approval for pre-existing conditions = Obama victory

[mdmc]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul
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.

Instead, the Republican plan increases incentives for people to use health savings accounts, caps non-economic jury awards in medical malpractice cases at $250,000, provides various incentives to states with the aim of driving down premium costs and allows health insurance to be sold across state lines.

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we all want real change, but will take what Obama can deliver.

[Ganja Ninja]

1. Same old same old.

Medical savings accounts and tort reform.

They got nothing.

[emulatorloo]

3. "health savings accounts" "caps on jury awards" - it really is laughable. n/t

[wilt the stilt]

2. Leg worth

250,000 arm 200,000 what is an eye worth. non economic damage cap.

[TheKentuckian]

4. 250 pages of just what you'd guess

Tort reform aka protecting insurance by screwing people with legit cases

Tax breaks to funnel money to the rich

Compete across state lines aka let them hole up whereever there is the least state regulations so they can sell policies with no value

As usual deregulation even in the direct face of need for more rules of the road

These people have the creativity of a pumas stone.