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Republican proposals to reform and improve health care and reduce costs
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2013 Nov 13, 10:13pm 5,460 views 4 comments
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bdrasin
2013 Nov 13, 11:08pm
"Allow people to purchase insurance across state lines"
Of course, in states where republicans control the state government they could have done this any time; they don't need help from the federal government. Its 100% pure bull crap, but it gives them something to say when they hear this question.
"Allow people to purchase insurance across state lines"
Well, Humana health insurance can be bought in New York and California, and other states too, and they are headquartered in Kentucky.
Are the same policies available though?
bdrasin
2013 Nov 14, 1:31am
"Allow people to purchase insurance across state lines"
Well, Humana health insurance can be bought in New York and California, and other states too, and they are headquartered in Kentucky.
Are the same policies available though?
The policies offered in each state would be up to Humana. California, New York, and Kentucky all have different regulations for health care and insurance, so to offer a plan in all three states the plan would have to comply with the laws of all three states of course. But there are other considerations as well, such as the availability and cost of actual health care providers in each state, demographic considerations and income levels, etc. So there is not, and has never been, any law saying that you can't buy health insurance across state lines. Insurers don't offer the same plans in all states and may not offer any plans at all in some states due to business decisions which include, but are not limited to, the cost of complying with each state's laws.
What I am saying is that, if Republicans for example Republicans in Texas really thought that this was a good policy they could just pass a law which states:
"Anyone in Texas can buy a health insurance plan from a company located in another state, and any such plan doesn't have to comply with any laws/regulations in Texas but rather the laws in the state in which the plan was sold." The fact that they haven't done so should tell you all you need to know about the seriousness of this proposal.
Ok, the republican party is 0-43 in stopping the ACA, but what are the proposals, if any, to improve health care and insurance costs?
The republicans had the chance to help draft the legislation to address the above issues and refused to participate, but yet constantly complain about the maount of government money spent on health care.
Where's the ideas, or suggestions?
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