[SeekAndFind]

RE: The fact that the RINOs/Apologists at National Review are all in for Walker, should be a sign for everyone.

Can you tell us what you think is wrong with Scott Walker’s healthcare proposal?

[Mastador1]

Two things I don’t see that greatly contribute to cost are missing that I think need to be addressed. Allowing people to shop insurance across state lines and tort reform, but reeling in the lawyers will never happen.

[ilgipper]

I still need to dive into it later in the week but at first glance I don’t hate but don’t love it either. I disagree with some here that we don’t need a replacement. We do because it’s not like the federal government wasn’t already knee deep in healthcare. We have to fix what was broken over 60 years. Plus, politically it is necessary to have a plan other than just repeal because the charge will be that we are ‘taking away’ people’s healthcare.

. What I don’t love so far is the introduction of new tax credits. I think it sidesteps the core issues and opens up a new endless growth in pandering. I look forward to diving in to this further to see what else he is proposing. I am willing to take some bad if there is a lot of good.

[conservativejoy]

For starters he just adopted the plan that Senators Coburn, Hatch and Burr wrote. This plan has been around since late 2013, early 2014. Since Coburn’s retirement, the plan is being advanced by Tom Price.

[Riflema]

Here's a problem: the guaranteed issue part. In order for a new insurer to take note of previous coverage, there need to be certain minimal coverages (otherwise sham policies would become available simply to offer preexisting coverage). Right away, back to where we are today, a collection of minimum, set by government and, like the tax code, subject to every interest groups lobbying.

Better we address some of the problems in the medicine business itself (see Denninger) and return to a genuinely free marketplace.

[vmivol00]

Yes. Very simply, it is not the job of the federal government to be involved in healthcare. Healthcare does not appear in the Constitution.

This is just a desperate plea for attention.

I specifically remember Walker criticizing Cruz for fighting against Obamacare almost two years ago. Now Walker has had a “Whitehouse Road” Conversion and has proceeded into fooling quite a few people into thinking he is a conservative warrior.

Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI): “I believe the Affordable Care Act is anything but affordable, and will have a negative impact on the economy of my state… But I don’t extend that to the point that we should shut down the government over it.”