Republican state Reps. Scott Boyd and Bryan Cutler were among a group of GOP lawmakers who drafted a letter to the president encouraging him to examine their 14-bill health care-reform package.
“We recognize that you may not approve of every suggestion offered, but we are open to suggestions that may help us find an agreement in principle while we work out the details of the legislation,” the letter reads. “We believe that by working together we can use Pennsylvania as a demonstration project to show that health care reform can rise above politics and be based only on what is best for those we live with, work with, and serve.”
Boyd and Cutler are members of the House GOP’s Health Care Task Force. They have drafted or cosponsored bills that would create affordable, low-cost insurance plans; allow more residents to enroll in the adultBasic program; use federal stimulus money to help bring technology online for the prevention of medical errors and greater efficiency; and provide tax credits to employers who provide insurance for their workers and individuals who buy it on their own.
Here’s the letter:
