"Don't Get Sick": The Truth About GOP Health Plans?

Huffington Post by Art Levine | Oct. 6, 2009 (News Analysis)

Republicans reacted wtih outrage last week after Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) offered a blistering attack on the nearly-invisible Republican healthcare proposals: "The Republican health care plan is this: Don't get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly."

A close look at the GOP's so-called "principles" shows that they would break-up employer-based coverage, endanger the coverage of Americans with pre-existing conditions, and drive-up health care ... Full Story »

Posted by Barry Grossheim - via Huffington Post (Health Care)

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by Manfred Ostrowski - Oct. 7, 2009

Art Levine wrote a committed and moving article about the health-care debate and Republican trains of thought. His progressive critique may encourage Democrats to put public health and the needs of the poor on the table, so the hesitating public will get convinced of the social importance of extending health coverage.

Personally, I favour a health-care reform that includes a public option. Free market health-insurers will shy away from helping the poorer part of society, so the needy will continue to be neglected if the state does not step in.

The upshot is that the odds have increased that only reform-lite may pass.. 44,000 people die each year because they lack health insurance.