This is it?
This is it?
Just Two of the Reforms Congressional Republicans Managed to Omit in Their “Alternative” Health Care Plan :
Stopping Insurance Companies From Dropping Seriously Ill Americans and Denying Coverage to Those With Pre-Existing Conditions
*See below must read articles: Wall Street Journal: ‘GOP Health Bill Gives Insurers More Leeway’ and Roll Call: ‘Boehner Scales Back GOP Health Care Bill’
This is it? Only 139 days after promising a better proposal for health insurance reform, the Republican House Leadership are today proudly waving in the air a thin outline of a bill that ought to be named the ‘Perpetuate the Status Quo to Protect Insurance Industry Profits Act of 2009.’
Congressional Republicans say their bill will show they mean business – except that business is the health insurance industry, and their bill is all about protecting its massive profits. And demonstrating just how serious Congressional Republicans are about reform, they’ve decided to omit reforms the American people support the most – namely the GOP bill does nothing to end the unscrupulous insurance industry practices of denying coverage to Americans who are sick or have ‘pre-existing’ conditions.
Worse still, according to the WSJ, the Republican plan “also wouldn't prevent insurers from ending policies once an individual becomes seriously ill.”
House GOP Leader John Boehner owes his constituents back home an explanation after declaring just a few months ago:“Republicans’ Plan Helps Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions.” Clearly, Boehner was just paying lip service with no real intention of doing anything that would hurt the profits of an industry that’s given him nearly a million dollars over the years.
The GOP bill would do nothing for women like Peggy Robertson who was denied insurance coverage by simply because she had had a C-section. If that wasn’t bad enough, they later told her they would cover her …. if she got sterilized. See AUFC TV ad featuring Peggy’s story :