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GOP Pushes Health 'Bill of Rights'
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Aug 24, 2009 09:24pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Ben Pershing |
| News Date | Monday, August 24, 2009 10:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republicans launched their latest salvo against President Obama's health-care reform plans today, repackaging their existing criticisms of his proposals as a new "Health Care Bill of Rights for Seniors" that immediately drew return fire from Democrats.
Having seized on the idea that Obama's reform plans represent a "risky experiment," Republicans have lately intensified their health-care message toward the elderly. The Republican National Committee's "bill of rights" includes calls to "protect Medicare," "prohibit efforts to ration health care based on age" and "ensure seniors can keep their current coverage." Taken together, the list does not represent an actual reform proposal -- congressional GOP leaders have so far failed to introduce a plan of their own -- but rather a series of things Republicans believe reform should not do.
RNC Chairman Michael Steele amplified that message in an op-ed Monday in The Washington Post, writing that "under the Democrats' plan, senior citizens will pay a steeper price and will have their treatment options reduced or rationed." |
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