i stated in another thread that much of obamacare was written by republicans. of course, there are some who who will never be able to admit as much. the following quotes/links provide irrefutable proof that my statement is correct.
this story begins back in the nixon administration. for brevity's sake i am not going to recount the entire tale in this thread. feel free to google it and/or you can read about it here.
lets jump ahead a couple of decades to the early 1990's, when republican senator john chaffee, along with 17 republican and 3 democrat senate co-sponsors, presented the health equity and access reform today act of 1993. among the many similarities to obamacare included in this bill were:
1. the individual mandate - (this was actually a heritage foundation (a conservative thinktank) idea. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich both supported the individual mandate and romney included it in his own massachusetts legislation.
2. creation of purchasing pools
3. standardized benefits
4. vouchers for the poor
5. a ban on denying coverage for pre-existing conditions
now, granted there are of course going to be differences in obamacare. nobody denies this, but as stated, much of obamacare was written by republicans. how much of it, you ask? well, a study conducted in 2013 tracking previous legislation written and presented by republicans in both the senate and house found a whopping %38.5 of it!
there are resources on for you all to peruse online that detail the many ways republicans contributed to obamacare. there have been multiple measures put forth by both democrats and republicans over the last couple decades. much of obamacare borrowed this legislation as an attempt to provide concessions to republicans.
obama, very early in his first term, and wanting to avoid mistakes made with earlier attempts to pass healthcare reform during the clinton years, sought a bipartisan group to find a solution.
mcconnell though, had other plans. he and cantor had devised a plan to become obstructionists, preventing obama from getting anything done. (i will be starting another separate thread on this.) he began threatening the three republicans futures in the senate. mcconnell couldn't take the risk of the american people thinking it was in any way a bipartisan bill. he was quoted as saying.
here is a chart comparing health care reform bills as proposed by the republicans in 1993 and the democrats in 2009
republicans wrote %38.5 of obamacare
this story begins back in the nixon administration. for brevity's sake i am not going to recount the entire tale in this thread. feel free to google it and/or you can read about it here.
lets jump ahead a couple of decades to the early 1990's, when republican senator john chaffee, along with 17 republican and 3 democrat senate co-sponsors, presented the health equity and access reform today act of 1993. among the many similarities to obamacare included in this bill were:
1. the individual mandate - (this was actually a heritage foundation (a conservative thinktank) idea. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich both supported the individual mandate and romney included it in his own massachusetts legislation.
mitt romney said:
2. creation of purchasing pools
3. standardized benefits
4. vouchers for the poor
5. a ban on denying coverage for pre-existing conditions
now, granted there are of course going to be differences in obamacare. nobody denies this, but as stated, much of obamacare was written by republicans. how much of it, you ask? well, a study conducted in 2013 tracking previous legislation written and presented by republicans in both the senate and house found a whopping %38.5 of it!
there are resources on for you all to peruse online that detail the many ways republicans contributed to obamacare. there have been multiple measures put forth by both democrats and republicans over the last couple decades. much of obamacare borrowed this legislation as an attempt to provide concessions to republicans.
obama, very early in his first term, and wanting to avoid mistakes made with earlier attempts to pass healthcare reform during the clinton years, sought a bipartisan group to find a solution.
mcconnell though, had other plans. he and cantor had devised a plan to become obstructionists, preventing obama from getting anything done. (i will be starting another separate thread on this.) he began threatening the three republicans futures in the senate. mcconnell couldn't take the risk of the american people thinking it was in any way a bipartisan bill. he was quoted as saying.
here is a chart comparing health care reform bills as proposed by the republicans in 1993 and the democrats in 2009
republicans wrote %38.5 of obamacare
