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House GOP officially releases healthcare alternative
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Nov 04, 2009 11:55am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Tony Romm |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 4, 2009 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | House Republicans on Wednesday officially debuted their healthcare reform alternative -- a 219-page proposal that resembles what the party previewed earlier this week.
As expected, the alternative proposes expansions to health-savings accounts and rewards for states that lower premiums or increase coverage. It also permits insurance companies to compete across state lines, prevents federal dollars from paying for abortions, enacts new limits on medical lawsuits and prevents illegal aliens from accessing these newly provided services.
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Unlike Democrats' proposal, which prevents insurers from declining coverage to citizens based on illnesses they already have, the GOP amendment includes no such language. Rather, it would establish in some states (or expand, in states that have them) the size and scope of "high-risk pools" -- essentially, insurance programs for those who are sick and unable to obtain insurance by other means. Democrats recently have charged those pools are already too expensive for sick Americans who lack health coverage. |
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