In Fact, They Did

Per Gail Wilensky, senior fellow at Project HOPE and former HFCA administrator, in today’s New York Times:
Republican Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Richard Burr of North Carolina introduced a bill in the Senate that was co-sponsored by Republican Representatives Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Devin Nunes of California in the House in May of 2009. This is a substantial bill that bears some similarities to the proposal by Senator John McCain during the 2008 campaign. House Republicans introduced a smaller, more incremental bill in July. While neither of these efforts received any serious consideration, they do provide Republicans with a legitimate claim of alternative ways to approach health care reform, at least in the near term.