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Bobby Jindal Hits Scott Walker On "Cradle to Grave" Healthcare Plan
The Blaze ^ | 8/18/2015 | Jason Howerton

Posted on 08/18/2015 2:40:33 PM PDT by conservativejoy

Bobby Jindal Hits Scott Walker: ‘It Is Frankly Shocking That a Republican Candidate for President Would Author a Cradle to Grave Plan Like This’

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal strongly criticized Scott Walker’s health care proposal on Tuesday, accusing his GOP rival of endorsing the “fundamental underpinning of Obamacare.”

“In a health care plan that is light on specifics, Governor Walker endorsed the fundamental underpinning of Obamacare – the notion that America needs another entitlement program,” Jindal said in a statement.

Jindal argued that Walker’s plan “In Governor Walker’s plan creates a new “entitlement” for “every single American human being from the time they are born right up until they grow old and become eligible for Medicare.

“It is frankly shocking that a Republican candidate for President would author a cradle to grave plan like this,” he added.

Jindal asserted he has already laid out a “conservative plan to repeal and replace Obamacare without a new federal entitlement program.” He said his plan “focuses on driving down the cost of health care by embracing free market reforms.”

“When did conservatism die? When did we accept the idea of dependence on government? Governor Walker is confused here,” the Louisiana governor said.

Walker’s plan for replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law would extend refundable tax credits to help pay for private health insurance based on age instead of income, restructure Medicaid and allow people to shop for insurance across state lines.

Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin, takes the stage during his presidential campaign announcement in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S., on Monday, July 13, 2015. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin, takes the stage during his presidential campaign announcement in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S., on Monday, July 13, 2015. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The Wisconsin governor provided details of his proposal to The Associated Press in advance of a Tuesday speech in suburban Minneapolis where he was to outline his first major policy initiative of the presidential campaign.

Walker’s plan does not include cost figures or an estimate of the number of people who would be covered, making it nearly impossible to compare with current law. For the period from April to June of this year, 11.4 percent of U.S. adults were uninsured, which translates to about 16 million people gaining coverage since the rollout of Obama’s health care law in 2013.

Walker’s campaign said the plan would be paid for by eliminating $1 trillion in taxes that are levied under the current law and by making other changes to Medicaid and how health insurance is taxed.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016issues; bobbyjindal; election2016; florida; louisiana; marcorubio; scottwalker; wisconsin
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To: conservativejoy

Truthfully, he doesn’t sound bright when he speaks.

Maybe it’s the Midwesterner in him, but he slows down weirdly on words as if either he or his audience as he understand it is barely comprehending what he’s sayings.


21 posted on 08/18/2015 3:06:36 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: conservativejoy

Bobby, of course, runs circles around him.


22 posted on 08/18/2015 3:07:09 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

The first thing I thought of when I read the Walker comments on his plan was that it sounded just as bad as Obamacare. I guess he thinks Walkercare sounds better, but it is still a nightmare.


23 posted on 08/18/2015 3:08:16 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: GeronL

oh crap....that’s gonna start some sh-t.....LOL


24 posted on 08/18/2015 3:09:17 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: conservativejoy

When will Jindal take aim at the Republican who thinks Scotland and Canada have fantastic health care systems?


25 posted on 08/18/2015 3:10:06 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: 9YearLurker

Truthfully, he isn’t that smart. I don’t think we need this 2.59 grade point “C” student running the country. It’s going to take someone way above average to get us out of the mess we’re in.


26 posted on 08/18/2015 3:11:17 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: conservativejoy

Single payer is coming sooooooon


27 posted on 08/18/2015 3:12:39 PM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: TomasUSMC

A free market solution is what Trump is supporting, with the opportunity for competition to bring down prices.


28 posted on 08/18/2015 3:16:22 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: conservativejoy

I’m beginning to wonder just who really is running Wisconsin.


29 posted on 08/18/2015 3:23:14 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Beware the Wisconsin Weasel - GOPe Plan B)
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To: conservativejoy

Maybe Walker can run as Sanders VP.


30 posted on 08/18/2015 3:26:48 PM PDT by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: conservativejoy

So Jindal is a dishonest socialist like the rest.


31 posted on 08/18/2015 3:38:22 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: conservativejoy

For someone who you say isn’t that smart, he sure beat the pants off all your liberal friends and causes.


32 posted on 08/18/2015 3:49:54 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: familyop

No, Walkercare sounds like a relabeled Obamacare.


33 posted on 08/18/2015 3:51:23 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: T. P. Pole

I don’t have any liberal friends and causes, but if you think Walker would have gotten anything done without the GOP legislature carrying his water, you are seriously wrong.

They have carried him all the way.


34 posted on 08/18/2015 3:55:43 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: GeronL

Give him a week, he will : )


35 posted on 08/18/2015 4:22:09 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: conservativejoy

Yes, we need 500% More H1-B Cruz and his work permits for illegals!!

Cruz is a TRUE conservative who helps Obama with Iran and unconstitutional trade powers.


36 posted on 08/18/2015 4:28:15 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Walker -- more conservative actions as governor than even Ronald Reagan!)
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To: conservativejoy

For someone who claims to have no liberal friends and causes, you sure talk their language, tell their lies, and behave like they do.


37 posted on 08/18/2015 4:33:25 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: T. P. Pole

I didn’t write the article. I see you still can only take the lame position of attacking the messenger.


38 posted on 08/18/2015 4:40:02 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
When will Jindal take aim at the Republican who thinks Scotland and Canada have fantastic health care systems?

Maybe he has. But who's listening?

39 posted on 08/18/2015 5:22:22 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: conservativejoy

Scott the horse is dead. Get off.


40 posted on 08/18/2015 6:44:18 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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