To all the health care proposals nowadays floating around the Capitol, the Republicans are planning to add their own take on health care reform which should be narrower in scope than the 2000 pages long Democratic proposal pushed forward by Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats. Nobody is sure how much it would cost or what it would include, yet. However, the main points were introduced by Rep. Boehner during the Republican weekly address. Their main ideas are: ability to buy insurance in other states, allow individuals and small companies to co-negotiate lower rates, let states to create their own individual reforms, cut number of laws suits that contribute to higher health care costs by increasing the number of medical procedures doctors make to avoid lawsuits.Republicans will not include a clause banning insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and neither will the proposal include tax credits that would help citizens purchase insurance as it would be too costly.
The Democrats criticised the Republican plan as being not thorough enough and not attempting to provide coverage for more people.
by Lucie
Source: Washington Post November 2, 2009
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