Fox & Friends: Boehner "man with a plan," while Dem bill a "prescription for disaster?"

Shorter Man with a "Plan":

Everyone get an unnatural tan!
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Another one page bill from republicans. Yeah, that'll do it :-)

1. Buying across state lines would only concentrate the industry into those states with the most beneficial regulatory agencies. All our insurance would come from Connecticut.

2. Ask California how that worked out.

3. Most medical malpractice is adjudicated in state courts. States' rights, anyone?

That sure IS some plan ... Nothing at all to control premiums or the insurance industry, prexisting conditions, cover the 40M uninsured, etc ... Just restrict your right to sue them. GREAT!!

Since it's FOX "news" I'm not surprised, but they actually went on the air with "ppl" instead of "people"? How hard is it to type out three more letters?

This "plan" does almost nothing to reduce the rising cost of healthcare.

And that's what has to be done, besides trying to cover more Americans and removing barriers like pre-existing conditions and benefit caps from the marketplace.

Tort reform leaves 99.5% of those increasing costs untouched. Insurance across state lines does nothing - insurance companies can get approved to sell insurance in any state now. All it does is deny states the right to set different standards for levels of insurance - it's actually a stripping of rights from states, somehting that you'd think that conservatives were against. And they would be against it except for their competing need to help business! Then it's screw the state's rights issues.

And the final one - pooling of risk? That already happens, duh. No one who has private insurance pays for themselves - it's not like their insurance premiums go into a vault to be withdrawn in time of need! For cripes sake, when will Republicans get a clue and get a brain?

I wish they would quit with the tort reform nonsense. People deserve to be compensated if a doctor screws up and ruins their lives. As for buying insurance across state lines I'm surprised to hear a Rep pushing such a clear threat to states rights. And allowing people to pool together to buy cheaper insurance sounds a lot like collectivism. I thought the right was against that? They certainly were when it was suggested for perscription drugs.