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THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW - January 6, 2011
House Republicans Schedule Health Care Repeal Vote for
Next Week
by: Nadia Prupis
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House Republicans announced Monday that they would vote to
repeal President Obama's health care overhaul on January
12.
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Virginia), the incoming House Majority
Leader, made the announcement after Republicans posted the
proposed legislation, "Repealing the Job-Killing Health
Care Law Act," on the House Rules Committee web site.
"Obamacare is a job killer for businesses small and large,
and the top priority for House Republicans is going to be
to cut spending and grow the economy and jobs," Cantor
spokesperson Brad Dayspring said in a statement. "Further,
ObamaCare failed to lower costs as the president promised
that it would and does not allow people to keep the care
they currently have if they like it. That is why the House
will repeal it next week."
Rather than replacing Obama's health care legislation, the
Republicans' bill tasks four committees with crafting a
replacement health care bill. The repeal bill requires the
replacement legislation to include certain provisions,
including lowering insurance premiums, ensuring that people
with preexisting conditions receive access to affordable
coverage, eliminating wasteful spending and fostering
economic growth. The provisions would also prohibit tax-
payer coverage of abortions and provide "conscience
protections" for doctors.
Senate Democrats have promised to block repeal efforts,
and a repeal would surely not withstand President Obama's
veto pen.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) wrote in a
letter to incoming House Speaker John Boehner, "We urge
you to consider the unintended consequences that the
law's repeal would have on a number of popular consumer
protections that help middle class Americans."
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In particular, Democrats have expressed concern over the
fate of the Medicare "doughnut hole," should the repeal
pass. Under the current health care law, Medicare
recipients who have a gap in their coverage will receive
a discount when purchasing brand-name drugs. "If House
Republicans move forward with a repeal of the healthcare
law that threatens consumer benefits like the 'donut hole'
fix, we will block it in the Senate," Reid stated in his
letter. "Taking this benefit away from seniors would be
irresponsible and reckless at a time when it is becoming
harder and harder for seniors to afford a healthy retire-
ment."
Reid noted that many of the law's provisions have not yet
gone into effect.
"This proposal deserves a chance to work," Reid wrote. "It
is too important to be treated as collateral damage in a
partisan mission to repeal health care."
The letter was co-signed by Majority Whip Dick Durbin
(D-Illinois), Democratic Vice Chairman Charles Schumer
(D-New York), Conference Secretary Patty Murray
(D-Washington) and Policy Committee Vice Chairwoman
Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan).
House Democrats are also developing plans to fight the
repeal. The Hill reported that Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vermont)
sent a memo to his colleagues urging them to co-sponsor
amendments protecting important aspects of the health care
law, to be presented during the House Rules Committee
meeting.
"We intend to offer a series of amendments to their bill
at the Rules Committee that will preserve critical
provisions of this landmark law that have broad public
support," Welch wrote in the memo.
Welch's amendments include preserving the elimination of
lifetime limits, coverage of individuals up to age 26,
free preventive care and access to coverage for those with
preexisting conditions.
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