FreedomWorks Memo Outlines Health Care Repeal Strategy

Dick Armey, FreedomWorks chairman
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A memo from the Tea Party group FreedomWorks outlines the group’s strategy to repeal health care reform and replace it with “a set of patient-centered” bills.

The confidential memo, obtained by The Hill, was sent to congressional Republicans by FreedomWorks, which is chaired by former Rep. Dick Armey. “Repeal is achievable,” it says, “possibly sooner than many expect, because the American people clearly want and expect repeal, and because the law is vulnerable to effective repeal.”

The Hill’s Jason Millman continues:

The group identifies four reform provisions that it believes have bipartisan support: the individual mandate, 1099 reporting requirements, a bill allowing Americans to keep the private health insurance the way it is, and a bill that lets states opt of out Medicaid eligibility expansion. FreedomWorks also thinks it has time on its side, writing that 70 percent of the law’s spending doesn’t begin until 2014.

Read the rest here.

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