Besides Don't Get Sick, and if You Do, Die Quickly....
Perhaps Rep McCotter's plan is the same thing. I don't know who Michigan Representative Thaddeus McCotter is, but I wonder where they come up with these guys.
This was on Yahoo's website this morning....
The McCotter Plan
Mr. McCotter's editorial starts out with real bipartisanship....
Throughout the health care debate, the majority of Americans have expressed their opposition and frustration with the president and his Democratic Congress’ radical proposals. The public is opposed to the scheme’s practical harm; frustrated by the Democrats’ arrogant refusal to listen; and justified in its concern that willful Washington politicians will impose these unhelpful proposals despite the American people’s objections.
The majority of Americans? What polls Thaddeus? Democrats' arrogant refusal to listen? Has Sen Snowe changed parties this morning? McCotter goes on from there into the realm of economics...
Emulating the failure of their trillion dollar stimulus bill’s "wealth redistribution" that they assured Americans would stop unemployment from rising over 8.5%, the Democrats’ radical, nearly trillion dollar "health redistribution" will not work. For months, the case has been made and the public has concurred: government-run medicine’s cost, higher taxes, surcharges on employer provided benefits, Medicare cuts, rationing boards (such as the stimulus bill’s already appointed Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research) and personal mandates, will only increase the costs, decrease the quality and reduce the choices of Americans’ health care. Given such overwhelming and intense public opposition, why do the Democrats insist on imposing this scheme on the American people?
Where is the Reps data? Who needs data? Just spout bullshit.
What is the R's plan....You guessed it. Medical malpractice reform, healthcare spending accounts, tax credits and impowering the patients.
We live in a people-powered world, one which is finally catching up to America’s revolutionary experiment in human freedom and self-government. Therefore, in opposing the Democrats’ fossilized model of government-run health care that usurps self-government, the public and Republicans embrace the communications revolution and a globalized marketplace that disdains and decentralizes massive, bureaucratic entities and empowers people as citizens and consumers...... The heart of patient-centered wellness for our people-powered world is prudent, targeted, multi-track reforms that reduces costs by leveraging the communications revolution and market forces to increase the supply of health care amid rising demand. Immediate, obvious measures include reforming medical liability laws; ending exclusions for pre-existing conditions; expanding health savings accounts; providing tax credits for purchasing private health insurance; allowing association health plans; permitting health insurance purchases across state lines; encouraging individuals to insure against changes in health status; incentivizing preventative health care; and applying information technology to enhance transparency and increase efficiencies. All this can be achieved without trillions in new spending, taxes and government-dictated, radical changes to Americans’ current health care.
Leveraging market forces? I see how that worked out in collapse of the financial system (S&L crises, Dot.com bubble, and our current experiences with the collapse of financial institutions). These people don't get it. For many people, the overwhelming market force is greed.
I guess this is the best and the brightest the Republicans can come up with. Have a nice day, don't get sick, and if you do.......