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ooby_dooby: The House Republicans just released their version of health reform. It's a disaster -- so outrageous that Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dubbed it the "Health Insurance Company Protection Act" -- but Republicans are arguing it's the key to real reform.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says it would barely make a dent in most of our premiums, and could lead to higher premiums for older Americans.
The New York Times reports that it doesn't stop insurers from refusing to cover you because of a pre-existing condition.
The CBO's research shows that the GOP plan would likely cut the deficit by just $68 billion over the next ten years -- far less than the Democratic bill, which cuts the deficit by $104 billion over the same period.
The CBO also estimates that under the Republican bill the number of uninsured Americans would actually increase to 52 million by 2019.
And Politico writes that the Republican's so-called plan doesn't keep insurers from dropping you when you're sick -- it just makes them let you know that you're being dropped.
The Democratic bill in the House is what America actually needs. It stops insurance companies from refusing coverage because of a pre-existing condition. It prevents them from denying you care when you get sick. It will help lower premiums for our families and businesses, and will cover 33 million more people than the Republican bill.

ooby_dooby: The House Republicans just released their version of health reform. It's a disaster -- so outrageous that Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dubbed it the "Health Insurance Company Protection Act" -- but Republicans are arguing it's the key to real reform.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says it would barely make a dent in most of our premiums, and could lead to higher premiums for older Americans.
The New York Times reports that it doesn't stop insurers from refusing to cover you because of a pre-existing condition.
The CBO's research shows that the GOP plan would likely cut the deficit by just $68 billion over the next ten years -- far less than the Democratic bill, which cuts the deficit by $104 billion over the same period.
The CBO also estimates that under the Republican bill the number of uninsured Americans would actually increase to 52 million by 2019.
And Politico writes that the Republican's so-called plan doesn't keep insurers from dropping you when you're sick -- it just makes them let you know that you're being dropped.
The Democratic bill in the House is what America actually needs. It stops insurance companies from refusing coverage because of a pre-existing condition. It prevents them from denying you care when you get sick. It will help lower premiums for our families and businesses, and will cover 33 million more people than the Republican bill.

duckrew: Have you read any of the democrat bill, probably not, do some research. If you want your health to be controlled by the govt., just remember there's a huge deficet and it's growing faster than it ever has in history, social security is growing broke, medicare is going broke, the drug coverage is costing billions more than predicted, etc. Doesn't sound good to me.

ooby_dooby: I haven't read it have you? Probably not. This thread represents research I've done. My healthcare is already controlled by a federal branch of government and I'm very satisfied with it thank you. As for Social Security going broke, you are parroting the BS put forth by the Bush Administration which was based on totally bogus numbers from the Cato Institute 2005 which is why Social Security was never privatized when Bush wasted 6 months of his 2nd term trying to kill social security. The reason drug coverage is costing Americans so much can also be traced to George Bush when he made a deal with the Canadian PM if he, Martin, would put a stop to exporting drugs from Canada to Americans, he, Bush, would lift the ban on importing Canadian beef. So you see, I've done a bit of research on these topics.

duckrew: It's too long to read, much less understand. What I have read is scary, why not make a few changes at a time, see what works and what doesn't. Sure would like to have the government out of my life.

alexey8: ai yai yai yai yai Isn't politics fun?

I honestly feel that neither the Republicans or Democrats really care about the American people when it comes to them making their reforms and new laws, regulations, and so on. The lobbyist have an amazing control over Congress. Its really very sad. If you take the time to read the potential bills (even just part of them) you can usually tell fairly quickly which company is supporting it.

toranoga: I don't care which plans congress passes so long as they don't screw with my current health care plan and they gurantee that my tax dollars will not have to pay for someone elses insurance.

ooby_dooby: That's a totally legitimate concern but from what I read a little competition in the healthcare insurance industry will force these big insurance co's to loosen up the stranglehold they have on the public. This is why they are paying millions to lobbyists and any politician they can corrupt to kill the public option. Medical insurance is the biggest scam there is in America, in fact the whole concept of insurance is a scam but that's another story.

Conrad73: But why should the Lobbyists pay the republicans,who have no way to get their Version made into Law?

ooby_dooby: The goal is not to get their version into law, it is to block any changes what-so-ever and maintain the status quo so they can continue extracting Billions of dollars from the working public.

ooby_dooby: The goal is not to get their version into law, it is to block any changes what-so-ever and maintain the status quo so they can continue extracting Billions of dollars from the working public.