[jeffkrol]

Well I have often been a critic of the "Repubs have no replacement" for romnycare..
WELL..............
Weinermoblile Ryan finally speaks...........

See, the basic problem with our system, Ryan says, is that we just get too damned much health care and—I think this is what he's saying here—aren't paying enough for those services: "At its core, the health care problem is one of inflation, driven by the overutilization of services, dramatic underpayments and massive inefficiency." I'll give him inefficiency in our system, but the 50 milion uninsured Americans (which Ryan apparently doesn't address at all) would take issue with his other premises.

Daily Kos: Paul Ryan unveils 'health reform' plan, pitches his budget plan

Bachmann also is going for the "long ball"..........
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/08/23/302648/michele-bachmann-to-releas...mic-paul-ryan/

THAT aside, I'm curious to see how this plays out......

Why are Republicans afraid to use the phrase “universal coverage”?

One thing that’s interesting about Paul Ryan’s speech—and it’s been true of every similar Republican speech on the topic—is that the words “universal coverage” are never uttered. Former CBO Douglas Holtz-Eakin, another proponent of the tax-credit approach, also takes care to distinguish it from “an immediate move to universal coverage or other massive expansion.”

But facts are facts, and the universal tax credit approach to health care reform is indeed a plan for universal coverage. I get that some Republicans recoil from the term, because it smacks to them of socialism, but it’s high time to reclaim the words “universal coverage” from the socialists.

Universal coverage is a worthy goal that, done the right way, would dramatically improve our fiscal situation, help control runaway health-care costs, lift a massive drag from the U.S. economy, and make a lasting humanitarian contribution. A Republican politician who campaigned on that platform could fire the imaginations of millions.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2011/09/28/paul-ryan-in-a-major-speech-prop...a-tax-credits/

So lets see... tax credits=gov. pays for it
employer independent= universal coverage

Yep .. Republican to the core........

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Last edited by jeffkrol; 09-28-2011 at 12:04 PM.