Republicans to propose alternative healthcare bill
I indicated a few days ago that Republicans have been extremely critical of the House healthcare bill, while not proposing an alternative solution. Well, today House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) announced that the Republicans will offer an alternative bill, aimed at increasing coverage while keeping the price tag and government oversight to a minimum. The Wall Street Journal has the story:
Mr. Boehner said Sunday the Republican bill would extend health-insurance coverage to “millions” of Americans but wouldn’t try to match the scope of the House Democratic bill unveiled last week. The Democratic legislation, if passed, is estimated to expand coverage to more than 30 million Americans now without insurance. Its estimated gross cost is $1.055 trillion over 10 years.
“What we do is we try to make the current system work better,” Mr. Boehner, of Ohio, said on CNN’s “State of the Nation.” The GOP plan would likely be less costly to taxpayers and involve less government intrusion into the private sector. Mr. Boehner said the bill would take “a step-by-step approach” to expanding coverage.
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