Monday, June 2, 2014

OBAMACARE IS A 'THORN IN AMERICA'S FOOT' - REPLACE IT A.S.A.P.!

Conservatives Push For GOP Alternative To Health Law
2014-05-30


Conservatives put pressure on House GOP leaders to adopt their own health care plan as an alternative to the health law. And Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell argues on the campaign trail that if Kentucky residents like their health exchange they can keep it -- even if Republicans repeal the law.

After years of bashing the Affordable Care Act, conservative House Republicans are pushing for a vote on a GOP health-care plan to show they have a policy position beyond repealing the current law. Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) said in January the House would vote this year on a health-care alternative. Four months later, Republican leaders are working with committee chairmen, as well as with GOP lawmakers who are also physicians, to reach a consensus on what that plan should include. Now, some lawmakers are asking to speed up the process (Peterson and Meckler, 5/28).

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