Key Issues in Republicans vs.Democrats Proposals for Health Care Reform

It doesn't take 2400 pages to understand the basics of the Republican positions on health care reform:
 1. YES to enacting medical liability reform and put an end to frivolous lawsuits that drive up the cost of medicine.
2. YES  to individuals and small businesses pooling together to purchase high-quality affordable health care coverage.
3. YES Allow Americans to shop for, and purchase, health insurance policies across state lines.
4. YES to new incentives on saving for current and future health care needs by allowing people to use their health savings accounts funds to pay premiums for high deductible health plans.
5. YES Guarantee individuals with pre-existing conditions or past illnesses access to affordable coverage through the expansion of state-based, high-risk pools, and reinsurance programs.
6. YES to reforms designed to lower costs and expand access without violating individual rights or the integrity of the market.
7. YES to attacking and eliminating the 15 to 20% fraud in Medicaid and Medicare payments.


8. NO to the federal government to forcing any American to purchase an unwanted insurance plan.
9. NO to a government-run insurance program or takeover of any part of the healthcare system.
10. NO to individual mandates, rationing, and special deals for any state.
11. NO to a separate set of rules for government and private sector health insurance purchases.
12. NO to any plan that betrays our senior citizens by cutting Medicare coverage.
13. NO to allocating taxpayer funds to pay for abortion.


The first seven items form the basis for a simplified health care reform bill with reduced costs.
The last six items are the core of Obama's socialist health care plan with the usual bribery and pork thrown in.