The GOP's 'Pledge to America': A closer look at the details
By Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Republicans will unveil their governing agenda, which they call "Pledge to America," in Sterling, Va., on Thursday morning. Here is a closer look at the GOP's plans on key issues and how they would work in practice.
Health care
Proposals: Republicans call for repealing the health-care law signed earlier this year by President Obama. In its place, they would enact a series of ideas long touted by the GOP, such as health savings accounts, enrolling people with chronic illnesses in state-run, high-risk pools, and limiting lawsuits against doctors that claim medical malpractice.
Why they are proposing it: The health-care law is highly unpopular among Republicans, and party leaders pledged almost as soon as it was passed to attempt to repeal it.
How it would work on paper: Republicans would pass a repeal of the law through Congress, get it signed by the president (or override his veto), and then start trying to pass their own health-care ideas. Most nonpartisan analyses suggest that the various GOP ideas would insure far fewer people than the Democratic law, which is expected to cover more than 30 million people currently without insurance.
(More here.)
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Republicans will unveil their governing agenda, which they call "Pledge to America," in Sterling, Va., on Thursday morning. Here is a closer look at the GOP's plans on key issues and how they would work in practice.
Health care
Proposals: Republicans call for repealing the health-care law signed earlier this year by President Obama. In its place, they would enact a series of ideas long touted by the GOP, such as health savings accounts, enrolling people with chronic illnesses in state-run, high-risk pools, and limiting lawsuits against doctors that claim medical malpractice.
Why they are proposing it: The health-care law is highly unpopular among Republicans, and party leaders pledged almost as soon as it was passed to attempt to repeal it.
How it would work on paper: Republicans would pass a repeal of the law through Congress, get it signed by the president (or override his veto), and then start trying to pass their own health-care ideas. Most nonpartisan analyses suggest that the various GOP ideas would insure far fewer people than the Democratic law, which is expected to cover more than 30 million people currently without insurance.
(More here.)
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