Nonpartisan scoring indicates that the 2017 Project’s “Winning Alternative to Obamacare” would beat Obamacare in nearly every particular—on cost, choice, access, quality, and liberty.
The Weekly Standard, September 8, 2014
Scoring by the nonpartisan Center for Health and Economy finds that, compared to Obamacare, the 2017 Project’s “Winning Alternative to Obamacare” would save $1.13 trillion in federal spending, reduce premiums, increase access to doctors, and lead to 6 million more people having private health insurance.
September 8, 2014Republicans can bring about Obamacare’s full repeal if they advance a winning alternative that fixes the unfairness in the tax code, deals sensibly with preexisting conditions, and doesn’t disrupt the typical American’s employer-based insurance.
Washington Examiner, June 20, 2014To get to repeal, conservatives should advance an alternative to Obamacare that revitalizes the individual market—which the federal government long ago broke—without disrupting the typical American’s employer-based plan.
National Review, June 9, 2014A key to getting to repeal is to advance an alternative that would cause as little disruption to people’s existing health insurance as possible.
The Weekly Standard, June 5, 2014Unlike refundable tax credits, Obamacare’s expensive expansion of a broken Medicaid program doesn’t provide access to legitimate health insurance for the poor or near-poor.
The Hill, May 20, 2014
The Obamacare battle may come down to this: Can conservatives advance an alternative that deals with both coverage and costs and therefore invites full repeal, or can liberals explain how they’d somehow reform the notoriously unpopular overhaul?
Politico, April 26, 2014
Coalescing around an Obamacare alternative that avoids two major political pitfalls can lead to the full repeal of Obamacare—and hence to “a crucial victory for the cause of America’s governing ideals in the 21st century.”
The Weekly Standard, May 5, 2014
When a conservative alternative that addresses both costs and coverage is put into play, Americans support the repeal of Obamacare by an overwhelming margin.
The Weekly Standard, April 4, 2014In criticizing Senators Coburn, Burr, and Hatch’s recently released Obamacare alternative, Ezekiel Emanuel forgot to mention a lot of things about Obamacare—and the high price it makes Americans pay.
The Weekly Standard, February 3, 2014The 2017 Project’s executive director Jeff Anderson discusses the senators’ proposal—and the importance of championing an alternative if conservatives want to bring about Obamacare’s full repeal.
The Weekly Standard, January 28, 2014
Under a winning alternative, costs would drop, liberty would be secured, and any American who wants to buy health insurance would be able to do so.
The Burr-Coburn-Hatch alternative to Obamacare is a strong proposal both substantively and politically, and conservatives should spread the word that it addresses costs, coverage, and preexisting conditions—and thus can help bring down Obamacare.
The Weekly Standard, January 28, 2014
A winning alternative to Obamacare needs to solve the three core concerns that Americans had with our health-care system even before Obamacare was passed—but as important as what an alternative would do is what it wouldn’t do.
The Weekly Standard, February 10, 2014
A newly released proposal from three senior Republican senators marks a welcome development in the crucial quest to bring about Obamacare’s full repeal.
The 2017 Project, January 27, 2014