ADA rejects healthcare bills

The ADA rejected an elaborate healthcare reform bill introduced on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today.

The 1,990-page bill released by House Democrats would transform the U.S. healthcare system, providing insurance subsidies to the poor and a public plan to compete with private ones, in effort to expand coverage while reducing costs.

It reconciles versions passed in three committees. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate is working to reconcile two versions passed in committees there, as both houses work to pass sweeping reform by the end of the year.

"The ADA continues to advocate for a common-sense approach that maintains the private delivery system, does not penalize those who choose a higher level of health care, improves the public health infrastructure, and ensures that the insurance industry provides consumers with the coverage and care that they pay for," said ADA President Ron Tankersley, in a bulletin posted on the ADA Web site. "Right now, no version of health care reform merits ADA support."