Less than $2k to go!!
Posted on 03/03/2015 5:54:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Bill would eliminate destructive and costly insurance mandates while giving consumers more choice and freedom
Washington, D.C. (Office of Ted Cruz) — On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced the Health Care Choice Act, which would remove Obamacare’s costly insurance mandates and allow residents in one state the option to purchase a health insurance plan of their choice in any other state. The bill is cosponsored by Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and David Vitter (R-LA). Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 543.
"Every last word of Obamacare must be repealed,” said Sen. Cruz. "And while we continue that fight, we must also send bill after bill to the President’s desk to stop its harmful effects. The Health Care Choice Act will reduce costs, force insurers to compete for business and empower consumers to choose a health plan that meets their needs.
“The Administration has done absolutely nothing to prepare for an upcoming Supreme Court decision that could leave millions of Americans unable to afford insurance thanks to this failed law. Republicans must offer the American people alternatives that lower costs and break the status quo that favors big government and big health care business over hardworking Americans. The Health Care Choice Act is one step in that direction.
“This bill is a true market-based reform that will make health insurance more personal and affordable, giving consumers the freedom to select plans that fit their needs, anywhere from Alaska to Texas to Vermont."
Congressman Blackburn added: “Government-run health care has been foisted on the American public. Obamacare has promised a lot to millions of people – with no ability to deliver affordable medical care. That broken promise will be challenged in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Administration, these millions of people will be stuck with unaffordable health insurance and no guarantee of actual medical care. Sen. Cruz has offered help to these folks. I applaud his effort and I am pleased to see my legislation, H.R. 543, the Health Care Choice Act was included in this bill.”
The Health Care Choice Act repeals Title I of Obamacare, which includes the law’s most egregious insurance mandates that have caused premiums and out-of-pocket expenses to skyrocket while degrading the quality of Americans’ health care choices. The act also amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that insurance policies approved and sold in one state (designated the “primary state”) may be allowed to be sold in any other state (i.e. “secondary state”) but only if the health plan and insurer comply with certain basic requirements of the secondary state. Some of these requirements include:
Paying (nondiscriminatory) premium taxes; providing copies of the plan of operation or a feasibility study; written notice of any change in its designation of its primary state and a quarterly financial statement.
Consumer protections such as complying with the secondary state’s fraud and abuse and delinquency requirements.
See here for complete text of the Health Care Choice Act.
Reid has, no doubt, told McConnell already how to stop this.
Boehner hopes Pelosi has a way out for him on this too!
Thus answering the loathesome Democrats charge that Republicans have no alternative to Obama’s disaster.
McConnell, no doubt, is already working on it himself to save his boss Dingy the trouble.
“The Administration has done absolutely nothing to prepare for an upcoming Supreme Court decision that could leave millions of Americans unable to afford insurance thanks to this failed law.
Forgive my french.
I have zero confidence that John Roberts will rule correctly on this. He can’t find his a** with both hands and a GPS.
<“The Administration has done absolutely nothing to prepare for an upcoming Supreme Court decision that could leave millions of Americans unable to afford insurance thanks to this failed law.>
Why would they need to? They know the fix is in.
I know....it IS that bad.
Roberts sure wasn’t worried about all the pain zerocare was to cause Americans when he breathed life into it the first go-around.
RATS don’t seem to be worried about losing this case. Did you know DACA/DAPA dreamers don’t count toward the 50-employee threshold for employer mandates, making DAPA hires much more attractive than Americans? How is that equal protection?
But Ted’s plugged into the judiciary water-cooler, so if I see him being confident or en-hope-ened about it, so will I, then.
Why today?....seems odd
I don’t doubt Cruz’s sincerity. BUT the rest of the bunch will cave on Obamacare just like it did on funding amnesty today.
To cover up passing amnesty?
Oh wait, because arguments start tomorrow.
You seriously contending Cruz was in on the Boenher/McConnell DHS amnesty deal?
Not at all. I said I DIDN’T doubt Cruz’s sincerity. He and Sessions are the only ones (maybe a few more) that I would trust.
Maybe in some obtuse rationale “To cover up passing amnesty?” with reference to Cruz does not infer complicity with those that assisted with DHS funding amnesty.
I didn’t refer to Cruz when answering that question by another poster.
I’m done talking about this. Read the entire exchange.
Run and hide? Act like a dem troll!
Bullshite, the thread was about Cruz introducing the Health Care Choice Act. The post you replied to asked about the timing (of the Cruz introduction, )Unless you are trying to now admit highjacking the thread, then your post referred to the thread’s subject.
I relied to the posters question.
if you are incapable of understanding it all, then quit trying. It’s not rocket science.
You must have an empty life, to be harassing me on something so simple.
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