Politico
By: Rep. Bill Cassidy
February 10, 2010

“…A golden opportunity to pass serious health care reform that lowers costs for families and protects the government from bankruptcy has been wasted by a year of squabbling within the Democratic Caucus. In the words of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), health reform ‘is on life support.’

Make no mistake: Republicans did not kill health reform. Republicans couldn’t….

But with the town halls of August, the American people began a sentence that ended with an exclamation point named Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass). Americans want Congress to fix health care, but they know raising taxes, cutting Medicare, and putting patients at the mercy of bureaucrats isn’t the answer…

Congress could pass these ten reforms by a wide margin tomorrow. They won’t achieve the left’s statist ambitions, but they would provide meaningful reform.

1. End Rescission…

2. Extend dependent coverage…

3. Interstate competition…

4. Transparency in pricing…

5. State information portals…

6. Tort reform…

7. Confront obesity…

8. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)…

9. Direct primary care…

10. State-based high-risk pools…

With ObamaCare in crisis, the White House faces a choice: accept failure or seize the opportunity to move to the middle and move forward with sensible health reforms. The latter would strengthen health care, advance the president’s agenda, and be embraced by Republicans – and the American people.”

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