With all the brouhaha over the Democrats healthcare reform plan, the Republicans finally release their plan. The problem? It will cause more people to have no insurance. How is this better?

Last night, the Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the House Republican alternative health care bill. While the CBO determined the GOP bill’s 10 year price tag to be $61 billion — far less that the Democrats’ proposal — the score also found that the their bill would have little effect on nearly 46 million uninsured Americans:

By 2019, CBO and JCT estimate, the number of nonelderly people without health insurance would be reduced by about 3 million relative to current law, leaving about 52 million nonelderly residents uninsured. The share of legal nonelderly residents with insurance coverage in 2019 would be about 83 percent, roughly in line with the current share. CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the amendment’s insurance coverage provisions would increase deficits by $8 billion over the 2010–2019 period.

The CBO found that the Democrats’ bill, however, would cover 36 million more Americans and “reduce the number of nonelderly Americans without coverage to around 18 million over the next decade.” Yet, just before the CBO scored the GOP bill, a spokesperson for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) falsely claimed their alternative “will cover millions more Americans” than the Democrats’ bill.

Nor does the bill change anything about pre-existing conditions, and by opening state borders to insurance companies, it enables them to setup shop in the states with least restrictive laws (like credit card companies - there's a reason why most credit card companies are based in Delaware and South Dakota - they have the least restrictive credit laws in the country) while selling insurance nationwide.

How is the reform? More people will be unisured, insurance premiums will go up and insurance companies will be able to duck and hide in states with the most favorable insurance laws.

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