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GOP reform alternative in the works after all?
Political Animal —
... that House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) intends to produce a Republican reform package. It will apparently be built around the concept of high-risk pools, which have already proven to be ineffective when tried in a variety of states. In the Senate, meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was ...
Beware this Republican Narrative
The New Republic blogs —
... ideas: Allowing people to buy insurance across state lines, allowing small businesses to pool their resources in order to buy coverage, reforming malpractice laws, and establishing (or strengthening) high-risk pools for people who can't buy affordable coverage because of pre-existing medical conditions. Nobody seriously believes these ideas will dramatically expand the number of people with health insurance. High-risk pools, for example, have a track record. And it isn't good, as Karen Tumulty explains: These pools ...
Pre-existing positions on pre-existing conditions
Political Animal —
... people who are sick." Even the Republican Whip in the Senate, Jon Kyl of Arizona, has stressed the need to make sure that patients "cannot be denied care because [they] have a pre-existing condition..." Now, as far as GOP lawmakers are concerned, the House reform plan doesn't completely ignore those who can't get affordable coverage due to a pre-existing condition. Republicans have "high-risk pools" in mind for these folks. But this approach has already proven to be ineffective. Karen Tumulty noted yesterday, "These pools already exist in more than 30 states, but they tend ...
The Republicans Have A Healthcare Reform Bill! Sort of.
Daily Kos —
... It also explicitly excludes undocumented workers from any and all of the "reforms," and reiterates again the Hyde Amendment, restricting abortion coverage. It would also expand state-based high-risk insurance pools, the one idea that Boehner pointed to as "innovative." But just a note about those pools--they already exist, as Karen Tumulty points out: ...
Republicans Declare Opposition to a Government Takeover of Health Care
Hit & Run —
... "letting families buy health insurance across state lines,
allowing small businesses to pool together and offer health
insurance to their employees at much lower costs, just like big
businesses and unions can today, giving states the tools to
create innovative reforms that lower costs and ending junk
lawsuits that contribute to high health care costs."
Naturally, liberals have been dismissive, portraying it as a handout to insurers that's based
on old ideas long proven
ineffective. ...
GOP Health Care Bill Excludes All Immigrants From ‘High Risk Pool’
Wonk Room —
... Chances are most immigrants wouldn’t be able to afford to buy into pricey high risk pools even if they were eligible. Nonetheless, by explicitly excluding a population that includes legal residents who tend to be ...
What Do They Want?
The Republic of T. —
... The bill apparently does more than preserve the status quo, it actually makes it worse. ...
