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Frum: Republican Fratricide

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Randall Gross10/23/2009 11:39:50 am PDT

Someone upthread asked about R views on health care reform. It’s a serious question, one which GW Bush should have tackled, it’s one reason he will be in the record books a bit more negatively than he could be.
Health Care reform is a series of problems that add up to one sucking hole on the economy - these problems should be addressed individually with individual bills that would be sure sells and sure wins for all.

State to state transportability of policies, Coops and State plans of “last resort” should be enabled, Removal of “pre existing conditions” clauses from low end plans (premium plans should still be able to exclude based on these,) bills to reduce fraud across all Government provided care, incentives for rural care, and initiatives to encourage RN, Paramedic, and Care agent therapist education, we should look at regulations that prevent more boutique health services as well as those that discourage “flat fee providers.”

Instead we have a pan-optical omnibus monster panacea that’s part placebo rolling at us.