Health care reform Republican style

Commentary By Ron Beasley

So, the Republicans have a health care reform plan - sorta. Like the Democratic plans it really doesn't reform anything but it does allow the insurance companies to act even more outrageously.  Ezra Klein explains:

"A House Republican health-care bill wouldn't seek to prevent health-insurance companies from denying sick people insurance," the first paragraph of the Wall Street Journal's preview of the latest Republican health-care reform alternative says. "Republicans also wouldn't prevent insurers from ending policies once an individual becomes seriously ill," reads the fifth. On the bright side, the Republican bill would allow insurers to base themselves in whichever state has the weakest regulatory standards and then sell policies built around those rules nationwide. If you've ever thought that your insurance was too comprehensive, too straightforward, and contained too few loopholes that you didn't learn about until you feel terribly ill, then this is the plan for you!

And of course it won't insure anyone who doesn't have insurance now.  No matter the issue or problem the Republicans can always find a way to make the rich get richer and screw the majority of the American people.