Should republicans debate new health care costs? Or repeal the new system?
What do you think? By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — What’s it going to cost me? That’s the single biggest unanswered question about President Barack Obama’s new health care overhaul law — and its weak spot. Many experts believe the law falls short on taming costs, and that will force Congress to revisit health care in a few years. While it seems hard to believe now, Republicans might want to participate in a debate over costs, perhaps opening the way for limits on malpractice lawsuits and other ideas they’ve advocated. “Now that the baseline question of coverage has been answered, it would be irresponsible if we didn’t come back and try to do more on costs,” said Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., who voted for the bill and led efforts to squeeze more savings. “I think there is going to be a debate in the Republican Party on whether they should waste all their energy on repeal or make an effort to do something on cost-containment,” Warner said. For now, the po
