A Positive Way Forward
Criticizing bad ideas is important. So is offering better ideas, which is what David Gratzer points to in a recent article.
Republicans [and anyone who sees "failure" coming out of both the Senate and House bills--ed.] should describe an alternative: finding ways for middle America to cut its insurance bill by fostering competition, allowing states to make their Medicaid programs more cost-effective and, yes, effective, and encouraging Americans to reduce health costs by improving their overall health. Democrats have made the right diagnosis, Republicans can tell voters, but they have offered up the wrong treatment. American health care needs to be reformed, yes, but not with a massive expansion of government, but rather by looking to the principles that this made country great and prosperous: individual choice and competition.
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