James Kwak at Baseline Scenario and here has a telling analysis of the republican non plan for health care.
He notes that the plan will gut medicare coverage, provide inadequate vouchers to pay for lost insurance coverage, allow insurers to push those with illness out of their coverage and if available into government sponsored high risk pools.
In short their “plan” is the health insurance industry’s dream. They can skim the premiums of those who are well and then eject from coverage those who need it most. Amazing.
Legislative timidity and the political obfuscation regarding health care is revealing. A pox on both their houses (republican and democratic)
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