House Republicans may have been able to pass a repeal of President Obama’s national health care law with a unanimous vote on a two-page bill, but the task ahead of them -- replacing the controversial program – will not be so simple.
In broad terms, GOP leaders agree on the goals. Lawmakers told FOX News that their broad goals include: cut waste, fraud and abuse; expand insurance coverage; reduce premiums; allow people to keep the coverage they have and block federal funding of abortion.
House Democrats scoff at the Republican effort, which is now underway on the committee level, as an empty promise.
“This vague resolution stating so-called Republican principles on health care reform is like giving the American people a wish sandwich,” said Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz of Florida. “There’s nothing between the bread, but we wish there was.”
House Republicans have been pushing some health changes all along. Republicans point to proposals such as medical malpractice lawsuit limits and expanding medical savings accounts, efforts that were blocked by Democrats in the majority for the past five years. Several specific packages are now being re-introduced.
Published January 21, 2011
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