What is the Republican plan for health care?

[undeterred]

I've heard about health savings accounts and taxing health insurance. That's it? That's all they got?

[3waygeek]

1. The Rethug plan is: Don't get sick n/t

[Laelth]

2. Get tough on crime. Build more prisons.

Most people in prison get some kind of medical care.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Spazito]

3. Well, from what I can gather it is...

'Hurry up and die unless you are among the chosen elite'.

[wtbymark]

4. simple, DIE, that's where the profit is.

[KansDem]

5. Cut taxes...

Invade ________(noun) and kick ________(adjective) butt...

[kdmorris]

6. Republican Plan: Pray that you don't get sick

If you do get sick, pray that you die quickly.

[leftofthedial]

7. Use the need for healthcare by everyone to make 5 multi-billionaires, 100 millionaires,

and let everyone else die for all they care.

[Uben]

8. Poor people get sick and die....problem solved

That's about the way they want it to go!

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. More of the same

More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same. More of the same...

[Hepburn]

10. Repuke Plan: Fuck you and your family if you get sick.

We have ours ~~ so you don't matter to us.

[Juche]

11. Cut taxes (especially on the wealthy) and privatize everything

Who cares if it works or not. But that is their solution to everything. If they actually release a plan it'll probably be based on tax cuts and deregulation.

[SoCalDem]

12. Here you go.. in detail.. and it's even portable

[undeterred]

15. Will it be subsidized?

I know, I know... buy it ourselves.

[SoCalDem]

16. Of course it will be subsidized (pic)

[undeterred]

21. ...

:rofl:

[bobbolink]

13. The same as the Blue Dogs Dems. GO DIE. Yes, that's all they got.

[Hutzpa]

14. Pull yourself up by the bootstrap

you're on your own.....


:evilgrin:

[MrScorpio]

17. Human sacrifice to the gods of health insurance nt

[sarcasmo]

18. To make sure Insurance companies keep making money.

[Kurska]

19. More rhetoric in place of substance n/t

[Yavin4]

20. They Want To Give You Vouchers To Buy Your Own Health Insurance

Here are their points and my rebuttal in italics:

•Create state health insurance exchanges to allow Americans to compare different private market health insurance policies

Basically, health insurance companies would all re-locate to regulation-friendly states and sell their insurance through this exchange. This would be a huge windfall for these companies as they'd be de-regulated by state governments and be held completely unaccountable

•Guarantee Americans the same standard health benefits and choices as members of Congress now enjoy

Completely meaningless. You would still have to qualify for coverage.


•Ensure that no individual would be turned down by a participating exchange insurers based on age or health

So, they'd just find some other reason to turn you down, or charge you more because of your health and/or age.


•Create a non-profit, independent board to risk adjust among participating insurance companies to penalize companies that "cherry pick" health patients and reward insurers that encourage prevention/wellness and cover patients with pre‐-existing conditions

Said board will be comprised of former health insurance execs and lobbyists.


•Gives states the ability to band together in regional pooling arrangements, as well as risk pools, reinsurance markets, or risk adjustment mechanisms to cover those deemed uninsurable.

Gives the states the "ability", not the mandate to do regional pooling. This gives Republicans the political cover for those states that don't give a rat's ass about the uninsurable.


Finally, Republicans said their Patients' Choice Act of 2009 would utilize the tax code to give every American, regardless of employment status, the ability to purchase health insurance by providing an advanceable and refundable tax credit of $2,300 per individual or $5,700 per family

$2,300 a year works out to be less than $200 a month in premiums or $500 for a family. If you could buy individual health insurance for $200/mo. or $500/mo. for your family, then there wouldn't be a health care crisis in the first place.


Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2009/05/20/100709.htm

[mp9200]

22. take from the poor and give to the rich

What greedy POSs.