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Republican Health Care Reform Nixes Public Option, New Taxes
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Nov 04, 2009 01:05pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Congressional Republicans today unveiled a health care reform plan they hope will compete with what Democrats are planning to offer.
U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, M.D., of Oklahoma, and Richard Burr, of North Carolina, along with U.S. Representatives Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Devin Nunes of California introduced legislation that shares the goal of the opposite party: the promotion of universal access to quality, affordable health care.
But the Republican plan promises to achieve this universal access without creating any new government-sponsored insurance plan, an idea that many Democrats support, and without raising taxes.
The public option has been opposed by health insurers, agents and conservative groups.
Democrats have not yet unveiled a final plan, although many features including a public option and an individual mandate have been discussed in hearings over the past few months.
Some of the other features discussed by Democrats are adopted in the Republican plan, such as the concept of a health insurance exchange, assistance for low income insureds and building on the existing employer-based system. |
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