At White House Health Care Summit, Republicans Make It Clear They're the Party of Ideas

Republicans laid out their health care reform ideas at the White House Health Care Summit last week, emphasizing the need to abandon comprehensive legislation which Congress doesn't do very well and instead move step-by-step in the right direction toward lowering health care costs without driving the country ever deeper into debt.

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• health care summit
• health
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• Barack Obama
• Mitch McConnell
• Jon Kyl
• Lamar Alexander
• John McCain
• Chuck Grassley
• Tom Coburn
• Mike Enzi
• John Barrasso
• John Boehner
• Eric Cantor
• start over
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[noformstyle]

Health care reform had been debated for 50 years, it is about time to vote. Republican don't want reform. Bush had both houses, they could have reformed it the way Republican wanted. Republican DON'T WANT REFORM PERIOD. Insurance is the master of Repulbican party.

[InstantKarmaAlexP]

I love that you guys stole a clip from the Daily Show for your intro: a segment that they produced specifically to skewer the Republican's performance at the HCS. The irony is delicious.

[dennisholcon123]

Thank you for posting your video for all to see.

[ladieskeeper]

The party of ideas? Haha nice one

[1986hangman]

Its also nice to see the president making class mobility a priority, and rejecting trickle down economics which doesnt really trickle down in a meaningful way, by directly lowering costs for the biggest expenses of most americans, healthcare and education. afterall premiums were going up 3x the rate of inflation, and at the same time most americans have seen their wages drop since reagan while the wealth never trickled down... Repubs got burned

[1986hangman]

Obama schooled these phonies, and nailed their obstructionist asses to the wall..... The republicans idea for healthcare was kill the bill, and dont get sick... Costs will drop and the risk will be spreadanyone who watched this in its entirety like myself could see that the republicans got owned... Thank god dems had a big enough majority. Republicans job is to represent their constituents not look for Obamas waterloo.. cause afterall the repubs premiums were going up 3x the rate of inflation to

[TexasAssKicking]

Oh my gosh, Politicians are just like little kids. They all argue and fight in Washington and were the ones calming them down.

[robotron26]

can someone tell me who the guy a 0:28-0:30 is?

[3o5Miami]

You tea partying fucks are roaming around my City in DC, I mean you republicans dont get it , I work in the RICHEST county in the nation...Loundon County, Va , reside now in Georgetown NW dc, and for some reason everywhere in Europe people have health care, EVEN NIXON pushed IT!!! as a requirement FOR BUSINESSES to provide health care for there employees.... This is about money something middle and Southern America.......................­DOesnt have, WWJD??

[3o5Miami]

How can republicans complain about debt when you dumb ass bible backing crusaders" pushed bush 2 go 2 war in Iraq?Trillion dollar debt..2nd, You are pro big business want no gov intervention but when the Banks, Mortgage industry, Lenders, Jobs, small businesses, Airlines fail you, your companies run to the Gov to bail you out? i.e Bush bailing out the banks? Middle america is poor, the south is poor, why would you vote republican, when there interests are in the Rich? Jesus isnt a republican

[3o5Miami]

REPUBLICANS MAD ABOUT HEALTH CARE COSTS! MIDDLE AMERICA YOU ARE THE POOREST and pay MORE for healthcare premiums than any other group of people......Second you dumb fucks are worried about money? YET YOU voted for Bush to go to a war and put us in TRILLION DOLLAR debt you right winged fucks...... republicans r the reason we are in DEBT remember BUSH BAILED out the banks under his administration!

[SuperCaliforniaGuy]

The real costs are:

(1) 10 years of taxes for 6 years of benefits.

(2) Robbing Medicare and SocialSecurity to fund this healthcare bill.

(3) First 10 years adds $500 billion to deficit. Second 10 years adds $1.5 trillion.

You read it right, 2nd 10 years adds $1.5T to the deficit. Obama's team has not yet responded to this criticism by Republican Senators. Majority of Americans do not want this bill passed, but Democrats will try to jam it through using reconcilation tactic.

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