Republicans Say the Public Option Cost Too Much!

[rdobbs2010]

What's worse is John Boehner says he has not met one person who supports the public option. Well maybe he is correct because all he does is talk with health care industry lobbyist.

The single payer, public option is quite simple. HR 676 is about 30 pages in length, it covers everyone, and it saves money.

Under the current reform packages, citizens will still be left without health insurance; 17 million left out of the House version or the 24 million left out of the Senate version.

Under the current reform packages the number of people who are underinsured will increase with this legislation.

Under the current reform packages the legislation will not control health care costs and will in fact increase the waste in health care spending.

Under the current reform packages the legislation transfers hundreds of billions of public dollars to private insurance companies, who are the main culprits of the problems with health care.

Under the current reform packages the legislation protects the outrageous profits of the pharmaceutical corporations.

If the United States would follow a national single-payer system, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers are paid from a single fund administered by the government. The high administrative costs and wasteful spending associated with the private health insurance industry would be eliminated, resulting in savings of nearly $400 billion annually and enabling all Americans to receive high-quality care, including those who currently have insurance but still cannot afford medications and treatment.

As far as John Boehner not finding anyone who supports the public option! Well maybe he can read, or maybe not, the CBS Poll in November that showed at least 51% of those polled wanted a government option.

Or wait a mintue Representative Boehner, isn't the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars costing the United States well over $1.5 trillion?


Robert Dobbs for Congress, SC-01
www.electdobbs.com

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Republicans need their asses seriously kicked

GOPers caused me to lose my peaceful side. I just want to grab them and twist their empty heads right off.

[dhpgetsit]

2. Then they should choose the private option for themselves and their families.

Duh!

[msongs]

3. nice to hear them calling for a massive cut in military spending then - costs WAY too much nt

[unkachuck]

4. Republicans are....

....unadulterated liars....they added trillions to the deficit; gave trillions in unfunded tax-breaks to themselves, lied us into and wasted trillions on ginned-up wars and now they're claiming the moral high-ground of fiscal responsibility?

....what form of dimwitted fart would believe anything, and I do mean anything, a Republican would say?

[Stevenmarc]

5. Republicans say a lot of shit, Democrats need to put a boot up their ass when they do.

[rdobbs2010]

6. Maybe the Cost of the War in Iraq and Afghanistan.........

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/04/stiglitz200804