Unit 5: House GOP reminded that health care policy is hard

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/house-gop-reminded-health-care

The government often uses public policies in order to address certain issues. These issues can range from popular subjects like gun control to less known issues like fisheries. Issues can be from any level of the government: local, state, or federal. Many of the issues that face public policy are brought about by individuals or interest groups. Government officials ultimately choose the issue or problem that the government is going to implement a public policy for.

A major public policy facing the United States today deals with the subject of health care. For many years, the United States government has been creating a new health care policy. The Affordable Care Act is arguably the most controversial public policy in the works right now. Republicans have been diligently working in order to create an alternative to 'Obamacare', but, thus far, they have been unable to do so. Representative Dennis Ross (Fla) stated, "“For the next six months, we’re going to go into an election knowing that we’re not going to do anything to address health care.”

Many of the Republican party are divided on the subject. Some House Republicans are convinced that creating a new conservative alternative, being called the 'Obamacare Accountability Project', for 'Obamacare' is the right thing to do. David Drucker, a senior congressional correspondent for the Washington Examiner, said, "[The] working group of about 35 GOP members, has written a “draft” proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, according to one House Republican familiar with the effort. But the group has not shared the draft with their colleagues and is engaged in an internal debate over whether their goal should be to simply introduce legislation, or also hold floor votes.The distinction is important.Rank-and-file Republicans are more likely to haggle over policy and face pressure from conservative groups if they have to vote on the proposal. Achieving consensus likely would be easier if the legislation is treated as a broad agenda to be tackled after the midterm elections.
This probably wasn’t intended to be funny, but I found it amusing anyway."

Rumors are also flying that the Republican party may put together a separate alternative to 'Obamacare' that actually will have no intention to be signed. This alternative will be used to make 'intra-party negotiations easier'.