A conservative alternative to Obamacare

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Rep. Tom Price's alternative to Obamacare

Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) proposed an alternative to Obamacare that Patriots should know about – especially when commentators such as Newt Gingrich criticize the GOP for failing to come up with an alternative. From National Review Online:

The bill aims to provide affordable coverage for all through a series of tax credits and deductions designed to entice individuals into the insurance market with positive incentives, as opposed to Obamacare’s solution of fining those who refuse to purchase health insurance. “It’s a carrot instead of a two-by-four,” Price says. “Regardless of where one fits in the economic spectrum, there is a financial incentive to purchase health coverage that the individual wants, not that the government forces them to buy.”

The law would allow individuals to opt out of Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health-care-benefit programs in favor of receiving a tax credit; an individual’s health coverage would be “portable” — no longer tied to an employer — so losing a job wouldn’t also mean losing insurance; individuals and small businesses would be able to access insurance pools that reduce risk for those with pre-existing conditions, and they could purchase plans across state lines. Tort reforms would cut down on physicians’ practicing “defensive medicine” and driving up costs by ordering unnecessary procedures in an effort to avoid lawsuits. 

The plan is based on six principles: affordability, accessibility, quality, responsiveness, innovation, and choice. “All of those principles are violated by the Affordable Care Act,” Price says. “When you step back and look at those principles, it guides you to a system that allows patients and families and doctors to be in charge.” 

And yet when Republicans talk about health care, few actually point to Price’s bill as an alternative plan, which only reinforces the perception that the GOP has no plan beyond repealing Obamacare.

More on Rep. Price's website here, including the bill itself AND proposed legislation to prohibit the IRS from enforcing Obamacare. 

Two Senators and one GOP who are on not on board with delaying Obamacare and who need to hear from us:

Sen. Tom Coburn

Washington D.C.:

Main: 202-224-5754

Fax: 202-224-6008

1800 South Baltimore

Suite 800

Tulsa, OK 74119

Main: 918-581-7651

Fax: 918-581-7195

100 North Broadway, Suite 1820

Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Main: 405-231-4941

Fax: 405-231-5051

Sen. Richard Burr

Federal Building

151 Patton Avenue, Suite 204

Asheville, NC 28801

Phone: (828) 350-2437

Fax: (828) 350-2439

100 Coast Line Street, Room 210

Rocky Mount, NC 27804

Phone: (252) 977-9522

Fax: (252) 977-7902

Washington, DC

Phone: (202) 224-3154

Fax: (202) 228-2981

2000 West First Street,  Suite 508

Winston-Salem, NC 27104

Phone: (800) 685-8916

Phone: (336) 631-5125

Fax: (336) 725-4493

City Hall

181 South Street, Room 222

Gastonia, NC 28052

Phone: (704) 833-0854

Fax: (704) 833-1467

201 North Front Street

Suite 809

Wilmington, NC 28401

Phone: (888) 848-1833

Phone: (910) 251-1058

Fax: (910) 251-7975

Rep. Paul Ryan

20 South Main Street, Suite 10

Janesville, WI 53545

(608) 752-4050

5455 Sheridan Road, Suite 125 

Kenosha, WI 53140 

Phone: (262) 654-1901 

Fax: (262) 654-2156

216 6th Street 

Racine, WI 53403 

Phone: (262) 637-0510 

Fax: (262) 637-5689

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