Boehner on Dems Health Care Plan: Higher Premiums, Higher Taxes, Fewer Jobs'

http://gopleader.gov House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) appeared at a news conference with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today to highlight the fact that House and Senate health care legislation would lead to higher premiums, higher taxes, fewer jobs for struggling families, and fewer Medicare benefits for seniors. Boehner outlined how Democrats plans put the nation on a path to government-run health care and noted that Republicans have offered better solutions to lower the cost of health care and increase access to affordable health insurance. Following are Boehners remarks:

Americans want reform of their health care system, not a trillion-dollar experiment that increases premiums, raises taxes, cuts Medicare benefits, destroys jobs, and jeopardizes the health coverage for millions of our fellow citizens. That can hardly be called reform.

The Democrats plans put us on a path to government-run health care. Now, how do they do that?

If you like what you have, you cant keep it. Independent experts have made it clear that their bill will force millions of Americans off of their current plan into the government-run plan.

The federal government will stack the deck in favor of the government plan. There will be no competition among health insurance providers. And because the federal government has no cost of capital, and they set all the rules, they'll drive all their competitors out of business.

The pay-or-play mandate in the House bill would push employers to drop coverage, forcing Americans and their employees into the government-run plan.
These bills include new taxes on individuals that don't buy acceptable coverage, new taxes on employers that don't offer health insurance benefits, and new taxes on health care insurance policies, thereby increasing the cost of insurance for the 84 percent of Americans who have health insurance today.

The House bill alone has 53 new boards, bureaucracies, commissions and programs that all amount to more bureaucracy at the expense of doctors and patients.
This trillion-dollar government approach will lead to higher premiums, higher taxes, fewer jobs and fewer benefits for seniors. Republicans have offered common-sense solutions to lower the cost of health care and increase access to affordable health insurance. It's time for Democrats to scrap their big government plan, sit down and work with Republicans on common-sense solutions that'll make our current health care system work better.

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[Smartassawhip]

She wasn't on medicare and turned down.. she wanted medicare and they told her she could not have it because she did not meet the requirements. I do agree that the requirements are messed up and that is exactly what they are trying to fix right now which is why I am all for it. If this passes your friend will be able to get health care.

[Smartassawhip]

My first one was after 63 hours of hard labor and complications. I never made it past 2 cent. Because of that I had no choice but to have the 2nd one that way and of course you get to pick the date because it is a scheduled surgery. I wish I could have done it naturally as women who do tend to bounce back faster. I wouldn't choose to have one even though the labor did suck big time. To me if the gov did it it would be just as wrong.

[checkthebrakes]

Republicans talk like only the very rich can create jobs. They want the existing huge, very large business to grow by not paying their share of taxes. They call these very large businesses ‘job providers’.

[TheBashku]

guess what, Boehner!

It passed. SUCK IT!!!!

[SuperEric39]

He is such a good man he wants everyone to have no healthcare and no social security and you broke ass wannabes love him. You will reap what you sow.

[wrodjr]

Boehner is a moron! He doesn't know the difference between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence!

[teacherphysics]

when obama found out it will be to late he will be richer and spent billions of tax money on himself, like the others

[JohnLloydScharf]

Google "Progressive Capitalist H.R 3962" to find my blog on this.

[Smartassawhip]

The folks who actually have medicare would kill you if you tried to take it away from them... That should tell you right there that they are satisfied. Why do you think that none of the politicians will dare threaten to take medicare away? Also why do you think the republicans are trying to use it being cut as a scare tactic... Because they know that if people on it thought they were in danger of losing it they will freak. Of course they aren't in danger.. but none the less.

[TheLxrose]

Medicare is Government Healthcare. You want more of the same?