GOP leader: Health care overhaul too drastic

[Joanne98]

Source: AP


WASHINGTON – The Senate's top Republican says the U.S. has the best health care in the world and the system doesn't need to be scrapped.

Sen. Mitch McConnell says the Democrats' approach ignores what's right with the U.S. system. He says cost and access are challenges, but not enough to justify a complete overhaul.

The Kentucky Republican says the system isn't the most efficient way to provide care for millions of Americans. He says President Barack Obama's plan would be the same as government takeover — and that would lead to worse care.

McConnell appeared Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090719/ap_on_go_co/us_mcconnell_health_care_overhaul

[Delphinus]

1. BS!

We don't have a freaking SYSTEM here in the US! We've got an insurance industry that's making a ton of money ... that's what he means.

[PNutt]

46. Perhaps That Azzhat........

Would like to exchange plans with me. No coverage on a pre-existing back condition, refusal to cover some basic services, premium increases every year, 20% co-pays as long as I use "their" doctors, 20% out of pocket on every prescription, and my wife forever tied to her job because of my heart condition.

I am grateful for what I do have, but I am being forced to apply for Medicaid to pay the unpaid balances after the insurance company pays their portion. These congressional azzhats have absolutely no idea of just how the healthcare insurance scams go about bankrupting average citizens with fine print, exclusions, and burocrats that only care about bottom-line profits, and could give a fook about a person's health.

[ShockediSay]

2. Double BS

Republicans are just shills for Big Insurance, Big Pharma
abd they don't represent the vast majority of Americans
They represent those who are paying them to push this back
so Harry & Louise can take an extra bite of profits at
America's expense

[cyclezealot]

44. The mans a simpleton who parrots phrases.

What do we expect. !

[dmosh42]

3. Party of "NO", led by Prune Face! n/t

[dipsydoodle]

4. Triple bullshit

Broadly speaking I'd say anyone against single payer has been bought off. So - just keep a list, update as necessary and post from time to time.

[ShockediSay]

5. Why do we allow corporately corrupting lobbying a tax deduction

What tax deductible lobbying expenses really do lobbying expenses like $1,000/hour
lobby lawyer fees and their campaign contributions ... tax deductible lobbying expenses add to the deficit to enable lobby lawyers to increase our deficit.

Would disallowance of the bulk of corporate lobbying expenses be a violation of Freedom of Speech?

Every bit as much as Solicitation of Prostitution, Subornation of Terrorism and Converstation in Furtherance of Bribary/Criminal Conspiracy!

Why continue the practice of extortion and bribery as tax deductible?

[ShockediSay]

7. Great way to pay for health care} disallow bulk of ALL lobbying expenses

Now's the time

This is the issue

Why allow corporate tax deductions for lobbying, which increases our national debt, to enable these guys to further increase our national debt.

Why does America pay more for tax deductible corporate lobbying expenses, than most countries of the world pay for their military?

[stubtoe]

6. Blah, blah, blah.

Same talking points, different day.

[gizmo1979]

8. Wow.That's all I have to

say just wow.Out of touch and out of his mind.

[Cass]

9. This fathead says its too drastic while enjoying taxpayer subsidized health insurance.

What freaking nerve. Just who the hell do these asswipes think they are?

The best healthcare system in the world ain't worth shit if you can't afford to access it.

[GreenTea]

47. Took the words right out of my mouth and ready to type hands....Paid-off assholes!

[Cass]

54. Great minds and all that! They are so blatant in their arrogance and disregard for the

people they are hired to represent. It is infuriating.

[ShockediSay]

10. i THINK TROLLS ARE UNRECOMMENDING OUR POSTS N/T

[MarjorieG]

19. Why this unrecommending feature. A new game to play, in lieu of policy discussion?

Whose brain child?

[City Lights]

11. Mitchy the Kid claims the US has the best health care in the world.

Ha. Shows how much he knows. :eyes:

:nuke: I'm sick of Republicans. :nuke:

[niyad]

12. hey, mitch, how about going without, like so many millions of our citizens do.

and how do you explain that we rank about 37th in health care, by world standards?

until we get universal health care, NOTHING is too drastic. quit funding the damned wars, and there will be money for health care, it's that simple.

[dgibby]

13. Sent to Ed. n/t

[wovenpaint]

14. Yeah, HE's got a good healthcare plan

as a federal employee (BTW, taxpayer funded). Why can't we all have the same??

Rep. Courtney (CT) explains this very well here...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEBEj-L-n2A

[MarjorieG]

15. Appealing to fear and those skittish about change, or the industry that's 1/6 of our economy in

tough times. Single-payer faces bigger lift. Hopefully the s.p. amendment will pass for those states able and willing.

I though McDonnell absolutely disgusting, as usual. Arguing for time, when all he wants is to kill it.

Obama said to the Jewish leaders in conference that other than Mideast peace, health care reform is the hardest ot do.

[undeterred]

16. The GOP leader is painfully out of touch

like most GOPs.

[Odin2005]

17. The "No" Party is at it again!

"Big Government!"
"Socialism!"
"Black UN Helicopters!"

:eyes:

[Deja Q]

18. I'd say we should chip in and buy him a bigger shovel...

but I think he can pony up one with his own money if he wants to continue digging up lies.

[moondust]

20. The GOP Health Care Plan:

[tooeyeten]

21. when taxpayers pay your health care coverage

guess you can't see the forest for the trees.

[jwirr]

22. He doesn't get it. We do have the best health care system in the world.

What we do not have is the best access system in the world. Tiny, poor little Cuba is ahead of us on that one. It is access to health care we are arguing about here not how good our doctors, nurses, hospitals etc. are.

[Vidar]

25. Well stated and too true.

[fascisthunter]

23. too drastic for those making a killing on the sick and dying Americans

those benefiting off of the sick and dying are fucking sociopathic parasites

[felinetta]

24. His office smeared the two children publicly promoting S-Chip

How much money does he get from insurance companies. I can't stand their greed. I also believe
they don't want this to work because it will make Pres. Obama succeed.

[dysfunctional press]

26. when is he up for re-election, and WHY do kentuckians keep sending him back?

more democrats have to make more of a concerted effort to get to the polls on selection day.

[Roland99]

28. My homestate is FILLED with god-fearing, gun-totin' idiots

[Roland99]

27. Wonder how much Humana has put in his campaign coffer?

[Deep13]

29. Dear "GOP" leader: You lost the fucking election. nt

[sutz12]

30. "Why do y'all hate Amurika?"

Dissing our medical care system is unpatriotic.

We're No. 1! We're No. 1! We're No. 1! We're No. 1! We're No. 1!

Now, don't y'all feel better now. Just keep saying it. It won't make it true, but you'll feel better about it.

We're No. 1! We're No. 1! We're No. 1! We're No. 1! We're No. 1!

Now, go out and make them welfare babies. With our infant mortality rate, we can't sustain population growth unless all you ladies pump out 5 or 6 of them little rascals.

:sarcasm:

(did I really need that smilie?) ;)

[Blue Idaho]

31. Never Underestimate the Congress of the United States!

Given the chance to do nothing - that is exactly what they will do. You are witnessing the bullshit "cover" they will employ so they can sit on their hands and let big pharma and insurance cartels stuff money in their pockets. The really sad part of this is the significant number of DEMOCRATS that will say exactly what Mitch the Bitch is saying. All the while, the sick and the poor will keep dying for lack of decent health care. This is no joke.

The question is - what are you willing to do to push back, to let you elected representatives know that we will not tolerate more of the same? Health care reform, like the election of Barack Obama in in OUR hands. If you think just prattling along on this forum will make a difference, you are wrong. We need to get in the faces of our elected officials and let them know the status quo will not be accepted. We need to knock on doors and hold conversations with our friends. If we let these assholes off the hook now - NOTHING will ever change.

[malletgirl02]

59. John Adams in 1776

Unfortunately, I can't recall the quote exactly, but here is what I remember, "One useless man is called a disgrace, two a law firm and three or more is called a Congress"

[Wednesdays]

32. K&R

:kick:

[samsingh]

33. this is the GOP and right wing's grasp to keep the old

class structure intact.

[KyleA]

34. Kentucky one of the most unhealthy states in the country

Pasty face McConnell never did an honest days work in his life, gets govt health care and says FU to his own State consituincyhttp://www.kyhealthcare.org/news/kentucky/woolhandler_addresses_kma_9-16-9

[scytherius]

35. If we do not destroy the Right Wing in this country it is the end of America and the world

And that is not an exaggeration. The Right Wing is bent on domination and destruction. The stakes are high and it is the end game. They MUST be destroyed.

[wroberts189]

43. I prefer sending them into space towards the very bright thing myself. nt

[bread_and_roses]

36. Did anyone on MTP question his ridiculous statement?

Because if not, then give them = credit with this shill for undermining reform.

[47of74]

37. Dear Mr. McChinless, read this

And that also goes for all the insurance companies stuffing money into your pockets at an obscene rate.

[boomerbust]

38. OK Turtle Beak Mitch

I believe you.:smoke:

[Downwinder]

39. What care is worse than no care? n/t

[TatonkaJames]

40. The disention is plain and simple, neither party wants to lose their personal wealth, ask McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky called for expanding the tax deduction on health care costs for employers to """"""include individual taxpayers"""""" -- what the Republicans call equalized tax treatment -- and limiting medical malpractice lawsuits that he said drive up the cost of medical care.

Sure, same old tax, tax, tax. I don't even believe they have to tax the wealthy. My belief is these con artists don't know a freaking thing about how to do anything but tax, tax, tax.
With scrutiny on the lives of every politician, (in the old days we knew who was boinking who, it was just kept out of the news, but today's media is hungry for "The National Enquirer" $$ so they delve into them like paparazzi do to celebs) so the people who should be in office and fixing these problems are on the sidelines laughing their arses off at these incompetent dooshbags. :hippie:

[nc4bo]

41. Like hell it is! It's also the same old, tired assholes saying the same old, tired BS. nt

[wroberts189]

42. Who cares what you pubs think? Re-pubs irrelevant. Talk to the hand. nt

[The Wizard]

50. No one cares what Republicans say

unless it's under oath.
No one believes what Republicans say, even if it is under oath.

[wroberts189]

52. True ... I once heard a pub being honest and I nearly fainted. nt.

[The Wizard]

61. This is my standard reply

to right wing emails. They either stop sending or get very defensive to the point of foaming at the keyboard.

[XanaDUer]

45. THey say that about everything

First off, they compare what America's richest folks get for their money, healthcare-wise, with what the average is to other countries with nationalized healthcare. 85% of Americans have, usually, a one-choice choice from employers; an HMO.

Also, I am sick of conservoes' "why doesn't everyone talk about what's RIGHT with America?" crappola.

Ignoring big problems don't make them go away, Mitchie.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

48. Well.... . HE does have the best health care money can buy.

Senators can't complain about all the "perks" that come with the job.

[rocktivity]

49. Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" award

We have the 37th best healthcare system in the world--or didn't Dave Gregory or Kathleen Sebelius mention that?

:eyes:
rocktivity

[BumRushDaShow]

51. Repukes are like a broken record....

and stuck on stupid.

No....*click*.... No.....*click*....No....*click*....No....*click*

[scentopine]

53. Dems dont have strong leadership to counter GOP BS

Like it or not the pukes STILL control policy. If we had articulate and forceful liberal leadership who hit the populist nerve with truth and common sense, we'd dominate the Sunday talk shows. But we don't. We have Pelosi and Reid and mushy DLC neo-cons er neo-dems who can't get our corporate run government under control.

This is smelling like one ugly outcome. DLC and Obamanauts are giving the same arrogant lines of defense for privately designed health policy that Bushies used when we smelled the stench from Enron and Iraq. And like the arrogance that drove Bush, the arrogance against single payer driving Obama is going to backfire and require massive bailout. But only after corporate CEOs get theirs first and Obama is long gone from the accountability equation.

Single payer is the only way to get this under control and break up the monopoly.

[MadMaddie]

55. Yawn....The GOP the party of inaction.

[tj2001]

56. Taking a shower is too drastic

for filthy greedy pigs

[HughMoran]

57. His head is stuck up his ass - no wonder he doesn't see the problem

Fucking Republicans are rich, selfish ass holes. I'll take my mother fucking healthcare out of their ass if this doesn't pass.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

58. too drastic that all Americans are covered incuding children?

[harmonicon]

60. I'm just guessing that he's never had to go to a foreign ER - or probably a US one for that matter

[harun]

62. Right wing Fascist A-Hole.

[high density]

63. The AP has another article out now parroting Steele talking points

The chairman of the Republican Party on Monday accused President Barack Obama of conducting "risky experimentation" with his health care proposals, saying they will hurt the economy and force millions to drop their current coverage.

Michael Steele, in remarks at the National Press Club, also said the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and key congressional committee chairmen are part of a "cabal" that wants to implement government-run health care.

"Obama-Pelosi want to start building a colossal, closed health care system where Washington decides. Republicans want and support an open health care system where patients and doctors make the decisions," Steele said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul

The clearly press remains wired for all GOP, all the time.