As promised, TPC has crunched some numbers for the health reform plan introduced by congressional Republicans last week. They are pretty ugly, and an indication of just how hard it is to confront the taxation of medical care. The Patient’s Choice Act, sponsored by Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) and others, takes some remarkable steps toward bipartisanship by embracing regional purchasing pools. It also includes some very Republican ideas, such as giving low-income families $5,000 to buy their way out of Medicaid.