Democrats did a good job by presenting republicans as obstacles in the field of healthcare. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD.) Gave the party line, for example, when Talk Radio News Service said: “There is no republican health care plan there.”
In fact, GOP offered several health accounts. And on November 3, the party leaders in the Chamber presented a comprehensive reform plan, introduced as a replacement change by the leader of the minority John Boehner (R-Ohio)-which Democrats defeated 258–176 on November 7.
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One of the key goals is to reduce health care costs, among others, the reform of medical liability and the creation of the inter -state health insurance market.
According to the Congress Budget Office, the GOP Plan actually “would reduce the average private health insurance premiums to registration in the United States in relation to what would be due to current law.”
The GOP plan has several advantages compared to the laws made by the Democrats, which was adopted by the Chamber. First of all, this would not impose any up-to-date taxes in which the democrats’ account strikes taxpayers by another half trillion dollars in 10 years.
The plan does not contain any seats for individuals or employers to buy insurance in which House Democrats would force every citizen to buy insurance or pay a huge fine (plus possible prison time).
This is true, as the Washington Post notes, the Democrats’ account “would expand the range to about 36 million uninsured”, while the “republican alternative would cover only 3 million.” But this is only a weakness if you accept as axiomic 1) everyone must have insurance and 2) that the government provides and/or enforce the property of insurance.
What the GOP plan does is to employ market forces to reduce insurance premiums, so that more people who want to afford insurance.
According to Ryan’s representative, the provisions of the “inter -shopping” plan would have the most dramatic effect. Today, people who are not covered by a immense insurance plan for the company (and who do not qualify for Medicaid or Medicare), buying a policy in any condition in which they live. The 2008 study from the University of Minnesota showed, however, that “permission to the domestic market, where everyone can buy health insurance in any condition” would escalate the number of insured by “only 12 million”.
In particular, New Yorkers would gain – because the state provisions exceeded the price of such a health policy without average income.
The GOP plan also includes reforms of the nation’s medical liability system, including “limitation of restrictions on bringing the case” and “limiting uneconomical damage to USD 250,000”.
Texas made similar reforms in 2003 and 2005. According to a study conducted by the Perryman Group in April 2008, these reforms led to an additional 430,000 health insurance Texans, and also created almost half a million up-to-date jobs.
If the purpose of the health care reform is to insurance for every citizen, the GOP proposal appears briefly. But if the goal is to make insurance more affordable for tens of millions of Americans, the GOP plan is doing it-a petite or no cost for the taxpayer and without government taking over one sixth American economy.
It certainly sounds like an alternative.