GOP health care reform plan: insurance companies can still deny coverage
Pams House blend Nov 02 09
Remember when Alan Grayson was chastised for opining about what health care reform would look like in a GOP plan?
1. Don't get sick. 2. If you do get sick... 3. Die quickly.
Well he wasn't wrong. Look at what's cooking in the GOP pot for America.
Republicans are preparing to unveil their own health bill in the next few days. Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Monday that the plan wouldn't seek to prevent health-insurance companies from denying sick people insurance -- a key plank of the Democrats' legislation.
Instead, the bill would allow insurance firms to sell policies across state lines, permit small businesses to pool their risks to bring down costs, change medical-malpractice laws and give state governments more flexibility to pursue rule changes. Full story...
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