After months of standing on the sidelines and only engaging with obstructionist tactics, House minority leader John Boehner is finally- FINALLY!- set to release the GOP health insurance plan. Or, to be more appropriate, their “un”-insurance plan.
The primary goal of the plan is not to increase access for those who lack coverage, but to reduce costs for those currently insured. As such, despite Boehner’s past rhetoric to the contrary, the GOP plan will deny those who have pre-existing conditions. Other aspects of the GOP’s soon-to-be released plan include such steps that will have negligible impact on costs, such as allowing the purchase of insurance over state lines, allow small business to band together to purchase insurance at cheaper rates, and limit legal malpractice lawsuits.
