The Republican 10 Point Plan for Health Care
By Jon Perr Saturday Jul 25, 2009 7:00am
After Rep. Roy Blunt, leader of the supposed House GOP Health Care Solutions Group, suggested Thursday that Republicans won't offer a health care plan of their own, Minority Leader John Boehner insisted one was still in the works.
Of course, the Republican plan as in 1993 is to stop health care reform at all costs to prevent an enduring Democratic majority. Bill Kristol, who told Republicans 16 years ago that there was "no crisis" justifying health care reform then, now simply calls on his party to "kill it." With spinmeisters Frank Luntz and Alex Castellanos supplying the talking points that a supposed "government takeover of health care" is "too much, too fast, too soon," obstructionists like Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe boasted his party would "stall" President Obama's health care initiative to ensure a "huge gain" in the 2010 election. In a nutshell, the GOP is proposing to extend the status quo for a nation gripped by a collapsing health care system.
Here, then, is the Republican 10-Point Plan for Health Care:
- 50 Million Uninsured in America
- Another 25 Million Underinsured
- Employer-Based Coverage Plummets Below 60%
- Employer Health Costs to Jump by 9% in 2010
- One in Five Americans Forced to Postpone Care
- 62% of U.S. Bankruptcies Involve Medical Bills
- Current Health Care Costs Already Fueling Job Losses
- 94% of Health Insurance Markets in U.S Now "Highly Concentrated"
- Dramatic Decline in Emergency Room Capacity
- Perpetuating Red State Health Care Failure
For the details and data behind each, continue reading.
