With the election around the corner, each party is digging their trenches and creating a plan for the long hard battle. Democrats are focusing on income inequality through a minimum wage increase. Republicans are focusing on, yet again, repealing Obamacare. Finally, instead of straight repeal, they are presenting a plan to replace Obamacare. As you’ll see shortly, this is the same old song they sang in the past and it is not enough. They could use fresh ideas.

Components of the “new” plan include – sell insurance across state lines, limit medical malpractice suits and judgments, beef up high risk pools for those with pre-existing conditions, and expand health savings accounts. The new plan is titled “A Stronger Health Care System: The GOP Plan for Freedom, Flexibility, & Peace of Mind” and the GOP establishment will take their new plan on the road in April in a series of town hall meetings. They want feedback, and I hope people are unbridled in what they share. I’ll start the conversation now.

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