Republicans offer a real healthcare alternative

With their Commitment to America , Republicans have departed significantly from Democrats ' big government agenda. Nowhere is that clearer than on healthcare.

Over the last few years, progressives have made clear their intention to replace the market-based healthcare system with a single, government-run insurance program. Republicans ' Commitment to America, by contrast, seeks to improve the current system by introducing greater choice, transparency, and competition. That's largely what the public wants from healthcare policy. A recent Echelon Insights poll sponsored by the organization I lead, the Pacific Research Institute, found that 86% of people are satisfied with...