-- BombThrowers: House Speaker Paul Ryan is talking out of both sides of his mouth on health care reform. He claims that his proposed "American Health Care Act" (AHCA) will increase choice and lower costs. Yet the actual bill preserves many of the provisions in Obamacare that do the opposite. (I wrote about the bill at Bombthrowers on Saturday.)
Ryan criticizes Obamacare because it "was based on a one-size-fits-all approach that put bureaucrats in Washington in charge of your health care. The law led to higher costs, fewer choices, and less access to the care people need." By contrast, Ryan claims, what Republicans are proposing "will decrease premiums and expand and enhance health care options so Americans can find a plan that's right for them. We also make sure Americans can save and spend their health care dollars the way they want and need--not the way Washington prescribes."
