GOP Whip Taking Heat Over Blunt's Failure To Produce A Health Care Plan

This is a little hard to explain, but it looks like GOP Minority Whip (R-VA) is taking more heat over House Republicans' lack of a detailed health care plan than the man charged with producing that plan. The Hill:

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was asked several times on Monday about the GOP’s lack of a specific healthcare reform plan...

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.

The telegenic GOP lawmaker said Republicans and Democrats agree on 80 percent of fixing the nation’s healthcare system, but could not show the crowd a detailed plan that has been endorsed by House Republicans.

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.

The Health Care Solutions Group list of solutions is still just four pages of awesome.

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