
Tonight on the House Floor, Republicans applauded Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) for calling for the repeal of health care reform.
Watch the video here . As Republicans continue their call to take from Americans key benefits of health care reform, they have yet to state which of these popular provisions they would repeal:
• Ending discrimination against Americans with
pre-existing conditions [supported by 80% of Americans, Washington Post/ABC News poll, 2/8/10]
• Preventing insurance companies from
dropping people when they get sick [supported by 59% of Americans, Newsweek poll, 2/19/10]
• Setting up a competitive
Exchange that gives Americans
control and choice over their insurance [supported by 81% of Americans, Newsweek poll, 2/19/10]
• Requirement that all
businesses must offer private health insurance to their employees, and offering
a tax credit to small businesses to help them do so [supported by 75% of Americans, Newsweek poll, 2/19/10]
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Closing the Medicare prescription drug ‘donut hole’ coverage gap [supported by 60% of Americans, Kaiser poll, 1/22/10]
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Covering dependents until the age of 26 [supported by 60% of Americans, Kaiser poll, 1/22/10]