candleman, are you going to tell me you have not seen me post on this before. If not you should start to watch FOX every once and a while. I will tell you some things again that republicans want.
1.) Tort reform (has been constantly blocked by democrats)
2.) Tax subsidies (has been implemented in both bills)
3.) Tax free health savings accounts (has been blocked by democrats)
4.) Allowing people to buy insurance they may only really need or WANT like catastrophic care which is much less cost and needed in most cases for the young. (Law says they cant do this now and it is opposed by democrats to deregulate it so it can be made avalible)
5.) Breaking down the state barriers, so that competition can happen naturally.
Even Wolf blitzer tried to nail David Axelrod down on why he does not allow people to go across state lines to buy insurance, You want to see what happened:
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"BLITZER: So why not break down...
AXELROD: ...the market almost completely.
BLITZER: Why not break down the state barriers and let all of these insurance companies compete nationally without having to simply focus in on a state by state basis?
AXELROD: Because we are trying to do this in a way that advances the -- the interests of consumers without creating such disruption that it makes it difficult to...
BLITZER: Why would that be... AXELROD: ...to move forward.
BLITZER: ...disruptive? If Blue Cross and Blue Shield or United Health Care or all of these big insurance companies, they don't have to worry about just working in a state, they could just have the opportunity to compete in all 50 states?
AXELROD: But insurance is regulated at the -- at this time, Wolf...
BLITZER: But you could change that. The president could propose...
AXELROD: ...state by state.
BLITZER: The president could propose a law...
AXELROD: That is not...
BLITZER: ...changing that.
AXELROD: That is not endemic to the kind of reforms that we're proposing or that...
BLITZER: Why not?
AXELROD: ...that...
BLITZER: Why not?
AXELROD: ...we think -- we're proposing a package that we believe will bring that stability and security to people, it will help people get insurance, it will be -- it will lower the costs and that can pass the Congress. And that has to be the test. We're not into a symbolic expedition here. We're trying to bring real relief to hardworking middle class people in this country. We believe the plan that we've outlined will do that."
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Now for those that dont get that, it can be explained this way. It does not fit into our BIG GOVERNMENT plan and would actually show there would be no need for a government plan to promote competition and therefore we are against it. There is no other reason they would not have tried that first why do you ask, well because; IT COST US NOTHING TO DO.