Remember the four-page bullet-pointed healthcare 'plan' the GOP unveiled this spring? So did the attendees at a Virginia town hall hosted by Minority Whip Eric Cantor and Democrat Bobby Scott. :D
RICHMOND, Va. — House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was asked several times on Monday about the GOP’s lack of a specific healthcare reform plan.
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Richmond resident Ben Ragsdale demanded to know
how Republicans were going to expand access to healthcare if they have only a four-page list of bullet-points as their plan.“What is your substantive proposal to meet these real everyday problems that people have? Where’s the beef?” Ragsdale asked, triggering applause from the crowd.
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Cantor earlier this year said House Republican leaders would release an alternative healthcare plan, but have not done so yet. House Republicans have introduced several different health bills, as opposed to one concrete alternative.
Marlise Skinner, a registered nurse who has dealt with medical insurance issues for years, also pressed Cantor.
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After Cantor argued that dropping the restrictions for buying out-of-state health insurance would reduce prices, Scott responded that crossing state lines to purchase healthcare plans would have to be regulated.