Subject: [big campaign] FW: ALERT: Boehner Just Says "No" To Real Health Reform, Pushes To Keep Insurance Companies In Charge
From: "Adam Jentleson (CAPAF)" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:17:26 -0400
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In light of Boehner's press conference today where he will continue to just say "no" to real health reform, I wanted to re-send these puchback points.  Boehner et al may be unveiling more details today but all the criticism here of the Ryan/Coburn plan still applies -- since it was billed as an official GOP alternative when it was released.

-Adam

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Subject: ALERT: Boehner Just Says "No" To Real Health Reform, Pushes To Keep Insurance Companies In Charge

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June 9, 2009

ALERT: Today, Minority Leader Boehner doubled down on the GOP's opposition to health care reform-"just saying no" to reform that would lower costs and increase choices for regular Americans in a speech on the House floor.

Instead, Boehner is pushing a GOP alternative that would keep insurance and drug companies in charge of our health care system, and cause millions of people to lose their employer-sponsored care. Details below.

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THE GOP HEALTH CARE PLAN COULD MAKE PEOPLE LOSE THE HEALTH CARE THEY HAVE NOW

Just Like McCain's Plan, the GOP Plan Would Make People Lose the Health Care They Have Now by Unraveling the Employer-Based System.

 *   Recycling ideas from the McCain plan that voters soundly rejected in November<http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/er.aspx?s=785&lid=21612&elq=57F268A1C37B4A0E8055664002B41BA3>, the "new" GOP plan<http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/er.aspx?s=785&lid=21613&elq=57F268A1C37B4A0E8055664002B41BA3> would remove the tax exemption for an employee's health benefits - which is the main incentive for employers to provide insurance.

 *   Under the GOP plan, some people would leave their employer-sponsored plans to buy insurance on their own - especially younger, healthier people who could find cut-rate insurance (as long as they stay young and healthy).

 *   As younger, healthier people leave employer-sponsored plans, it will become much more expensive for employers to provide insurance - and with the tax incentive gone, employers will become very likely to stop providing insurance altogether, eliminating the employer-sponsored option for people who prefer it.

The New GOP Plan Replaces the Coverage People Now Have With an Insufficient Tax Subsidy That Doesn't Even Cover Half of the Average Family's Health Care Premiums.

 *   The $5,700 tax subsidy<http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/er.aspx?s=785&lid=21614&elq=57F268A1C37B4A0E8055664002B41BA3> for families proposed in the Republican plan is less than half of the $12,680 that the average American family paid for health care in 2008<http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/er.aspx?s=785&lid=21615&elq=57F268A1C37B4A0E8055664002B41BA3>.

The GOP Plan Would Keep Insurance Companies in Charge - Blocking Progressive Health Care Reform That Would Put You and Your Doctor in Charge.

 *   Under the status quo, if you are one of the 56 million Americans with a pre-existing condition<http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/er.aspx?s=785&lid=5858&elq=57F268A1C37B4A0E8055664002B41BA3> - like high blood pressure, hay fever or diabetes - insurance companies can force you to pay exorbitant rates or even deny you care on the individual market.

 *   Today, doctors cannot always access the best information on treatments<http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/er.aspx?s=785&lid=22509&elq=57F268A1C37B4A0E8055664002B41BA3> and procedures - and this lack of access to information leaves doctors beholden to drug and insurance companies<http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/er.aspx?s=785&lid=22510&elq=57F268A1C37B4A0E8055664002B41BA3> for information.

 *   Progressive health care reform will give people as much choice as Members of Congress have now - in addition to being able to choose between private plans, everyone will have the extra choice of a high-quality public health insurance plan.

Unlike McCain, the GOP Plan Recognizes that the Individual Market Has Severe Problems - but the Solutions They Propose Are Far Too Weak to Fix Them.

 *   Unlike past conservative proposals, the GOP plan includes an insurance exchange - but it is far too weak to address the severe problems with the individual market.

 *   In addition to the insufficient tax credit, the GOP plan does not provide incentives for insurance companies to join the state exchanges, and it does not regulate companies that decide not to join.

 *   In short, their fix fails - and individuals are left at risk of higher prices, being denied care or being forced to pay exorbitant rates if they happen to be one of the 56 million Americans with a pre-existing condition<http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/er.aspx?s=785&lid=5858&elq=57F268A1C37B4A0E8055664002B41BA3> like high blood pressure, hay fever or diabetes.

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