Another possibility, more congenial to conservatives, would be a coverage expansion that follows an explicitly free-market blueprint, but thats funded at a rate that makes Democrats feel comfortable. Writing in The Weekly Standard, for instance, Jeffrey H. Anderson has proposed covering an extra 10 million Americans with a mixture of tax credits for the uninsured and better-funded risk pools for people with pre-existing conditions. One could imagine Republicans taking Andersons small bill into negotiations with the Democrats and emerging with a compromise that spent somewhat more money but kept the basic mix of tax credits and risk pooling intact.
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Let’s Make a Deal
Jeffrey H. Anderson
Another possibility, more congenial to conservatives, would be a coverage expansion that follows an explicitly free-market blueprint, but thats funded at a rate that makes Democrats feel comfortable. Writing in The Weekly Standard, for instance, Jeffrey H. Anderson has proposed covering an extra 10 million Americans with a mixture of tax credits for the uninsured and better-funded risk pools for people with pre-existing conditions. One could imagine Republicans taking Andersons small bill into negotiations with the Democrats and emerging with a compromise that spent somewhat more money but kept the basic mix of tax credits and risk pooling intact.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.