I keep hearing, from liberals of course, that the Republicans attack the health care reform but fail to offer a proposal of their own.
I've been meaning to post about this but other topics keep coming up but I did research this. The accusation seemed a tad unfair to me and lo and behold - it is.
The GOP DID offer a proposal. It was called the HR-2520 The Patient's Choice Act and it was presented way back in May. Which begs the question: Why wasn't it reported? Moreover, why do people who claim to follow politics let this slip past them?
From what I see, the most abstract weapon in the liberal camp about health is morality. Liberals argue this issue from a point of "morality" (as if this should over ride every other point including costs) but their conception of morality is different from conservatives. That conservatives don't support their plan doesn't follow they're not moral anymore than liberals hate being fiscally responsible.
Seems to me those provisions do nothing towars universal health care, still laeves it to the relatively well offs and the very poor to get whatever care can be afforded, leaves out low earners but above eligibility levels and gives free reigns to so called competitive close knit insurance trusts. A far cry from Obama's propsals...but certainly very appealing to conservatives and savage capitalim.
ReplyDeleteThe point is that they have one.
ReplyDeletePaul, I think you're being to hard with the "savage" capitalism. If that's savage capitalism then Obama's is insidious socialism.
Yes, the point is we keep hearing, quite dishonestly, that the GOP hasn't put forward anything. They have and they continue to offer their thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is, and you said it, the Democrats want nothing to do with "individual" choice.