The GOP Health Care plan

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John Boehner
Contact: Jessica R. Towhey, Press Secretary 202-225-6205


Boehner, House GOP Outline Plan to Make Health Care More Affordable &
Accessible for All Americans


Jun 17

Washington -

Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) today issued the following
statement after Members of the House GOP Health Care Reform Solutions
Group outlined its proposal to reduce costs and expand Americans’
access to affordable health care:

“Health care reform is a bipartisan priority, but the Democrats’ plan
for government-run health care is not the change Americans want.
Their new government-run program will make health care more expensive,
raise taxes, ration care, and empower bureaucrats to make key medical
decisions instead of patients and doctors. It will force at least 23
million Americans to lose their current health care plan, and force
them into a massive new government-run plan that will crowd out all
competition. Middle-class families and small businesses simply don’t
support a government takeover of health care, and neither should
Congress.

"House Republicans have a better plan to reduce costs, expand access,
and increase the quality of care in a way that Americans can afford.
Our plan focuses on innovative preventive and wellness programs to
help avoid serious, and costly, illnesses. It gives states tools to
design innovative programs that make health care coverage more
affordable for everyone, while providing more Americans incentives to
buy health care they cannot afford now. Our proposal allows small
businesses to band together and provide insurance for their employees
at a lower cost, just as large corporations and unions do. And it
roots out waste, fraud, and abuse that costs taxpayers billions, while
reining in junk lawsuits that make health care more costly for
everyone.

"Unlike the Democrats’ government takeover of health care, this common-
sense plan keeps patients and doctors in charge of key medical
decisions. I thank Rep. Blunt, as well as Reps. Dave Camp (R-MI),
Buck McKeon (R-CA), Joe Barton (R-TX), and all the Members of our
Republican Solutions Group for their work on this proposal, and I urge
Democrats in Washington to give it serious consideration during the
health care debate this summer.”

NOTE: The plan outlined by the House Republican Health Care Reform
Solutions Group, led by Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), is designed to:


* Make quality health care coverage affordable and accessible for
every American, regardless of pre-existing health conditions.

* Protect Americans from being forced into a new government-run
health care plan that would eliminate the health care coverage that
more than 100 million Americans currently receive through their job.

* Let Americans who like their health care coverage keep it, and
give all Americans the freedom to choose the health plan that best
meets their needs.

* Ensure that medical decisions are made by patients and their
doctors, not government bureaucrats.

* Improve Americans’ lives through effective prevention, wellness,
and disease management programs, while developing new treatments and
cures for life-threatening diseases.


Boehner said the GOP plan also maintains current law provisions
regarding restrictions on federal funding of abortion services, and
does not impose mandates either on insurance carriers or medical
providers to participate in activities that violate their religious
and moral beliefs.

For information on the House GOP health care reform proposal, go
HERE. For more information on the Democrats’ government takeover of
health care, visit http://healthcare.gopleader.gov.