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McCain: GOP willing to start over on health care (snatching defeat from the jaws of victory)
CBS / Politico ^
| 2010-01-24
| Alex Isenstadt
Posted on 01/24/2010 2:08:30 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that it was time to start over on the health care debate - and that Republicans would be willing to try to meet common ground with Democrats on several key issues.
Appearing on CBS's "Face the Nation," McCain said Republicans should "say we'd be willing to start over from the beginning," saying the party would like to address malpractice reform, and transportability of coverage across state lines.
"There are many things we can do," McCain suggested.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
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To: rabscuttle385
Hey Juan McCain - you can also go out and push Gay marriage with your wife and dopey daughter. Go to he*l MCCain.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:17:21 PM PST
by
Frantzie
(TV - sending Americans towards Islamic serfdom - Cancel TV service NOW)
To: rabscuttle385
Go eat some cheese.
Surrender Monkey McCain!
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:17:36 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against you," O " you most proud, said the said the Lord GOD of hosts)
To: rabscuttle385
Where’s that link to contribute to Hayworth again?
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:19:12 PM PST
by
OrangeHoof
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Bend over suckahs".)
To: rabscuttle385
‘”There are many things we can do,” McCain suggested.’
QUIT DOING THINGS
GET OUT OF THE WAY
QUIT OPRESSREGULATING
LET THE MARKETS WORK
you wanna do something worthwhile?
R E D U C E G O V E R N M E N T
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:19:46 PM PST
by
mreerm
To: rabscuttle385
“There are many things we can do,” McCain suggested.
What a fool. He’s trying to drag Republicans into supporting a total debacle that the country has already demonstrated at the polls it does not want.
To: rabscuttle385
No, McCain. Tort reform first, then we’ll discuss heathcare. If that’s even necessary at that point, as tort reform is one of the major drivers of healthcare costs.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:20:28 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: rabscuttle385
We have a war going on and there’s like 20% unemployment and the country is dead broke. Give it a rest would you?
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:20:34 PM PST
by
kempo
To: rabscuttle385
Oh geez not this again. Please McQueeg just go away.
To: rabscuttle385
McCain: GOP willing to start over on health care Somebody put the muzzle on this SOB. Please!
Otherwise, he's gonna give it away.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:24:01 PM PST
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
To: rabscuttle385
I don’t mind healthcare legislation as long as it includes tort reform and portability. And the Fedgov keeps it’s damn hands out of the cookie jar.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:24:05 PM PST
by
ez
("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
To: rabscuttle385
Better for the Republicans to get the message out that there are market-based reforms they’d like to see, so I’m okay with McCain’s mention of tort reform and inter-state portability and tax leveling. What I don’t like is the ‘outcome based’ healthcare, which is counterproductive government meddling that would give providers a perverse incentive to give care to the healthy and avoid the sick.
To: rabscuttle385
Tons of Pubs are making bipartisan noises right now. This is all a ploy. It gives them the chance to talk the talk without having to walk the walk, because theres no way in hell the Dims are going to do anything at all in a bipartisan fashion.
When the Dims continue to do their secret closed-door thing, the Pubs will shrug their shoulders and say We tried. We arent the bad guys, they are. We offered to work with them and they still tried to govern in secret. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:24:42 PM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Made from The Right Stuff)
To: rabscuttle385
"Let's help Obama again by screwing Americans, like him."
"A political party cannot be all things to all people.
It must represent certain fundamental beliefs
which must not be compromised to political expediency
or simply to swell its numbers."
-- President Ronald Reagan
"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldnt make any sense at all.""
-- President Ronald Reagan
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:25:31 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
To: rabscuttle385
Party A or party B? We are deluding ourselves if we think we can win this fight in the ballot box.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:27:55 PM PST
by
LeGrande
(The government wants to take over the entire Health Care industry to fix Medicare and Medicaid.)
To: rabscuttle385
Rabs-you just posted this to 'bash' former Gov Palin and you know it /S
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:28:04 PM PST
by
Outlaw Woman
(If you remove the first Amendment, we'll be forced to move on to the next one.)
To: 9YearLurker
The R’s tried this at the beginning, but the arrogant Dems, since they didn’t need the votes, rejected any cooperation and reached for the Progressive “brass ring.” They missed...
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:28:19 PM PST
by
ez
("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
To: rabscuttle385
"There are many things we can do," McCain suggested. I ain't no skoller or nuttin, butt isn't the US Constitushun based on states rites an all that?
Wat if warshinton takes over an controlz every thin like health care?
Isn't this just another loss of states rights via the Constitution?
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:29:22 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: rabscuttle385
Is there anyone in Washington DC who has an IQ above 5?
PROOF RomneyCARE is a Disaster (and Romney and McCain are utterly clueless)
Mr. Romney's subsidized coverage is meanwhile doing what entitlements do: crowding
out private insurers, compounding the cost explosion, walking the state toward rationing.
So long as the former governor clings to these central points of his health plan, he's on
the wrong side of free-market policy and public opinion.
This isn't going away for Mr. Romney either, which is why he'd do better by writing off
his own plan as a mistake that Democrats have made worse, and replacing it with a
proposal that deregulates and reforms the private market to lower insurance costs
(thereby achieving greater coverage).
Health Care Speechwriter for Edwards, Obama & Clinton Now Without Health Insurance
I'm a critic because what Washington is talking about doing
has made health insurance unaffordable in Massachusetts.
Small businesses bridle at health insurance hikes (Romneycare strangles Mass. businesses)
some really bad news from Blue Cross-Blue Shield: His companys health insurance rates are going up 47 percent in January.
Rationing medicine has already begun
government-
run health care has introduced rationing and waiting lists and cost the lives of the people under its provisions.
DEATH PANELS OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN MASSACHUSETTS
President Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar defended the
possibility of removing organs from terminally ill patients without their permission.
You cant reap these savings without limiting patients choices in some way," said Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess.
State plan may place limits on patients hospital options( Mass. RomneyCare )
"Romney Visits Nebraska, Talks Health Care [where he defends Romneycare]
"Paying the Health Tax in Massachusetts [Romneycare]
Massachusetts requires every resident to have health insurance, and this
year, without informing us directly, the state had changed the rules in a way that made
our bare-bones policy no longer acceptable. Unless we ponied up for a pricier policy we
neither need nor wantor enrolled in a government-sponsored insurance planwe
would have to pay $1,000 each year to the state.
How did we become outlaws?
"National Health Preview - The Massachusetts debacle, coming soon to your neighborhood."
It was only a matter of time.
They're trying to manage the huge costs of the subsidized middle-class insurance program that is gradually swallowing the state budget.
The program provides low- or no-cost coverage to about 165,000 residents, or three-fifths of the newly insured, and is budgeted at $880 million for 2010, a 7.3% single-year increase that is likely to be optimistic.
The state's overall costs on health programs have increased by 42% (!) since 2006."
A Very Sick Health Plan; Bay States Grand Experiment Fails [RomneyCare]
"Initiated on Mr. Romneys gubernatorial watch in 2006, this experiment has fallen on hard times, and predictably so.
Health care in Massachusetts: a warning for America [Romney brings Mass. to its knees]
The Bay State's mandatory insurance law is raising costs, limiting access, and lowering care.
Three years ago, Massachusetts adopted a plan requiring all residents to purchase health
insurance, with state subsidies for lower-income residents. But rather than creating a
utopia of high-quality affordable healthcare, the result has been the exact opposite
skyrocketing costs, worsened access, and lower quality care."
"Severe doc shortage seen hiking wait time
The shortage is getting more severe"
Health costs to rise again.( RomneyCare )
The states major health insurers plan to raise premiums by about 10 percent next year,
prompting many employers to reduce benefits and shift additional costs to workers.
Nations ill-advised to follow Mass. plan [Health plan a failure]
September 17, 2009 The canary is dead.
Massachusetts, the model for the ObamaCare universal insurance plan, is the canary in
the health care coal mine. Yesterday, its obit appeared on the front page of both The Wall
Street Journal and The Boston Globe-Democrat
"Bay State Insurance Premiums Highest in Country - Boston Globe August 22, 2009
Massachusetts has the most expensive family health insurance premiums in the country,
according to a new analysis that highlights the states challenge in trying to rein in medical costs
40 percent higher than in 2003. Over the same period, premiums nationwide rose an average of 33 percent..."
"Massachusetts: the laboratory for ObamaCare
"Massachusetts' Obama-like reforms increase health costs, wait times [RomneyCare]
Premiums are growing 21 to 46 percent faster than the national average"
"Mass. Pushes Rationing to Control Universal Healthcare Costs (RomneyCare)
A 10-member Massachusetts state healthcare advisory board unanimously recommended
that the state begin rationing healthcare to keep the states marquee universal health care program afloat financially.
"1,000 cancer patients 'refused treatment'"
"Massachusetts Universal Healthcare System Breaking Down Already
ERs in Massachusetts have not seen a downturn in visits. On the contrary, it seems that ER visits are actually on the upswing in the Bay State. In fact, in 2007 they were higher than the national average by 20 percent...
"Hospital patients 'left in agony'"
"National Health Preview - The Massachusetts debacle, coming soon to your neighborhood.
In Massachusetts's latest crisis,
They're trying to manage the huge costs of the subsidized middle-class insurance program that is gradually swallowing the state budget.
The program provides low- or no-cost coverage to about 165,000 residents, or three-fifths of the newly insured, and is budgeted at $880 million for 2010, a 7.3% single-year increase that is likely to be optimistic.
The state's overall costs on health programs have increased by 42% (!) since 2006
Mr. Romney should have known better before signing on to this not-so-grand experiment, especially since the state's "free market" reforms that he boasts about have proven to be irrelevant when not fictional.
Only 21,000 people have used the "connector" that was supposed to link individuals to private insurers."
A Very Sick Health Plan; Bay States Grand Experiment Fails [RomneyCare]
fiscal troubles aplenty within Repubican Mitt Romneys brainchild, Massachusetts grand experiment in universal health care."
"Initiated on Mr. Romneys gubernatorial watch in 2006, this experiment has fallen on hard times, and predictably so.
Even though the Bay State commenced its program with a far smaller percentage of uninsured residents than exists nationwide,
RomneyCare is threatening to bankrupt the state.
"Dem Congresswoman Admits Obama Health Care Plan Will Destroy Private Health Insurance Industry"
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:31:20 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
To: rabscuttle385
What a fool, the dems will just change all the good parts in committee and add a bunch of bad ones there. The bill that comes out will suck and then R’s are stuck with it. Worse, they have given bipartisan support to a horrid bill.
To: LeGrande
Party A or party B? We are deluding ourselves if we think we can win this fight in the ballot box. What are the available alternatives?...
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:32:06 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
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