Bottom line: GOP has no healthcare plan. Never have it, never will

And where are the budget numbers in the GOP's budget plan in which they revealed back in April?

Some House Republicans are growing frustrated that their leaders have not yet introduced a healthcare reform alternative.

For months, the message from House GOP leaders on a healthcare bill has been similar to ads for yet-to-be-released movies: Coming soon.

According to several GOP lawmakers, the leadership is split over how to proceed in terms of unveiling an alternative to the final Democratic bill that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) intends to unveil as soon as this week.

Rep. Tom Price (Ga.), chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC), revealed the schism within his party late last week.

“There’s a difference of opinion over what ought to be the strategy from a political standpoint on this issue. I happen to believe we ought to have a bill. There are others who believe, as strongly, that the principles that would be outlined and would be adhered to in the Republican bill are what need to be discussed because everybody can embrace those principles,” Price said last week.

The RSC has proposed its own healthcare reform plan.

Adding to the frustration is the fact that GOP leaders promised in June that they would introduce a leadership-endorsed measure.

At the time, Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told The Hill that his party was weeks away from coming forward with a “leadership-backed alternative that will reflect a combination [of] plans that have been developing over the last several months … with an insistence that we don’t have a government takeover.”
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