He's trying to re-invent health care instead of concentrating on the obvious problem - cost. This is not the appropriate time to re-invent health care. We have much more pressing issues. Nothing has been done to create jobs, manufacturing or to improve our crumbling infrastructure. A $17 billion "jobs bill" is not a solution. Extending unemployment benefits continuously is not a solution. And government jobs are non-productive jobs. These are tiny bandaids on a gushing artery and they full well know it. In the face of this stupidity, what are we to conclude? It must be intentional "stupidity" because these people are not that stupid.

Thanks Rick! I have great faith in American people to see the legacy he's attempting to force upon us just so he can have a name in history. 'Pride goeth before the fall' if I remember the Bible correctly.

Logical way is too obvious, too easy, not sufficiently convoluted. Tax revenues down, gotta rake in that money from somewhere.

I agree with what Todd posted in his blog about in his blog emphasizing Tort Reform and Choice.

"What a Republican Health-Care Reform Bill Would Look Like

Interstate Sale of Insurance: In order to aid in the expansion of interstate commerce in intangible goods, it shall be permissible for persons licensed to sell health insurance in any state to sell health insurance through a licensed insurance broker in the state in which the policy is purchased. The state from which the product originates must allow the policy to be sold to its citizens and must guarantee the solvency of the issuing company through an insurance guarantee fund utilized by all that state's admitted carriers.

Tort Reform: In order for any state to receive existing funding for schools of medicine, it must limit the liability of health-care providers to no more than $250,000 for noneconomic damages such as "pain and suffering." This amount shall be adjusted upward or downward each Jan. 2 based upon the rise or fall of the Consumer Price Index.

More Tort Reform: In order for states to receive existing federal funding for schools of medicine: (1) No attorney in the state may collect as his fee more than 25 percent of a medical malpractice settlement award; (2) No amount of damages may be collected from any negligent health-care provider except in the proportion to the actor's percentage of negligence; and (3) If a plaintiff commences an action for medical malpractice, the parties that prevail shall be entitled to their reasonable attorney fees from the non-prevailing party.

Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions/No Cancellation: Any medical insurance policy written by a company involved in commerce shall not exclude coverage for pre-existing conditions as long as the insured has been continually insured for the previous year. If not insured for the previous year, the insured shall have coverage for pre-existing illnesses not more than one year after insurance commences. And no insurance policy in force for one year or more may be canceled or contested for any reason except nonpayment of premium.

http://blogs.lotterypost.com/todd/2010/02/what-a-republican-health-care-reform-bill-wou.htm