Republican health care reform Congress should pass

[American Horse]

because the Obama won, he can just pass any damn thing he wishes on the American people. Hugo Chavez anyone.

Your quote is typical of the falsehoods, distortions and misrepresentations I referenced in my original post.

Of course you should know that President Obama can't just pass anything he wants to. But the Democratic controlled house and senate can. That's how America works....

BTW, quit the fear-mongering.

It's not going to happen. The Ds always had the majority they've needed to pass this but coudn't muster the votes. Now that the Obama has had his "summit" and the Rs finally got some media coverage it will be harder than before, and they can't even get a majority of the House to pass it through on reconciliation, and maybe not even the Senate.The only thing they now have to conjur votes is Queen Nancy, the fact that they will have failed, and because people just like you will hold them responsible for their failure. But people like you are in the minority, so epic falure is in the cards.

 

[The T]

In 1993, at the height of President Bill Clinton's health care reform initiative, Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., along with 19 other Republicans and two Democrats, put forth a bill which was considered the major GOP proposal. One of the co-sponsors was then-Sen. Dave Durenberger, R-Minn. The bill, just like the Democratic version, never passed. But in a sense, it's been revived this year.

In fact, the key provisions in the Chafee bill may seem familiar, as they bear a strong resemblance to those in the current Democratic Senate bill, and now in President Barack Obama's proposal.

1) A mandate that individuals buy insurance
2) Subsidies for the poor to buy insurance
3) Requirement that insurers offer a standard benefits package
4) Refrain from discriminating based on pre-existing conditions

Durenberger says the reason many of these ideas have been shunned by today's Republicans, even called unconstitutional by some, is that political times have changed. “The main thing that’s changed is the definition of a Republican,” he said.

The Democrats' 2010 Health Reform Plan Evokes 1993 Republican Bill - Kaiser Health News

See the Emboldened? The people said NO then. Has it changed?

NO

Take yer partisan horseshit elsewhere.

 

[rdean]

Republicans have a health care plan? Why? They had both houses and the presidency and never had a plan. Why now?

Besides, considering their track record, it's gotta be some way to screw the middle class. That's what they know, what they are good at.