“We are going to have a proposal,” the Ohio Republican said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, “And I would hope that the [House] Speaker [Nancy Pelosi] will allow us to have a debate and a vote on our proposal.”
Boehner added that this party intends to take eight or nine different ideas for health care reform currently available on www.healthcare.gop.gov and craft them into a single bill that Republicans will propose an alternative to the Democratic bill unveiled last Thursday.
Boehner also laid out for CNN Chief National Correspondent John King some of the key attributes of the GOP plan. “We do not increase taxes, we do not cut Medicare and Medicaid and we do not have mandates on individuals or businesses.”
Boehner also had a number of criticisms of the Democratic bill debuted late last week.
“This not affordable,” Boehner said as he patted a copy of the Democratic health care bill, “What this is going to do is bankrupt America. It’s going to cost millions of Americans their jobs and cut benefits for seniors. This is not what the American people want. They want a more gradual approach to fixing our current system.”
Related: House Democrats unveil $894 billion health care bill
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Nobody believes you're serious. You have lost your credibility by not working for the people or with the President on ANY issue.
DEM=HOPE
GOP=NO HOPE
One word for Boehner and the GOP: LIAR!!!
They criticize Hillary Bill they didn’t have their own bill
They criticize Obama Bill they didn’t have their own bill
What joke
Now they will have their own bill by next week because they know Obama bill will pass and this bill will attract more voters for democrats
Boehner don’t play politics with our life
Haven't Republicans been saying all along that they had a health care plan and no one would listen to them? Now they are saying they are going to come up with a health care plan. If they already had a plan why do they have to come up with a plan? It seems Republicans are playing games as usual. They have no plan and they are not interested in health care for all. I'm not sure what more people need to know about Republicans plan for the American people.
Will the GOP have their "bill" scored by the CBO?
That is when we will know if they actually have a bill, instead a bunch of incoherent mishmash that solves nothing.
So far, the Party of No has been all whining and no solutions.
Hmm... let me guess... Their "proposal" will be a cover sheet with a page behind that which reads "Details to come." and then a bunch of blank pages behind that–just like last time.
Why does it have to be a "GOP health care bill"? Is it ONLY going to cover members of the GOP? Why can't it just be an "alternative" health care bill? See–that's the problem with that party–everything revolves around THEM instead of we the PEOPLE of the United States of America.
Get a clue GOP.
Until every Congressmen and Senator are forced to put some skin in the game, their healthcare bill will stink.
Constituents need to demand "EVERY SINGLE" Congressman and Senator give up their Cadillac Congressional gold plated health care plan, and take the same government health insurance plan they plan to force the rest of us on, they have nothing to lose by offering us up a crappy deal.
this guys come out with a bill after they realize that health care reform will pass. we already heard the repubs ideas.. they will do nothing to help the middle class. TOO LATE! stop trying to delay health care reform!
A republican health care bull, oops I ment bill, may be cheaper but it will be full of pork for the insurance companies. Average Americans will pay more under any republican plan. Possibly not in taxes but definitely in higher insurance rates and worse coverage. History shows clearly that the republican party has shown little to no interest in the health of this country. They have only allowed managed heath care to become wealthy and powerful. And the democrats have done little to stop this.
Unbelievable. Boehner is caught in another bold face LIE, and the media does not challenge him.
Just yesterday, Boehner lied and said Republicans "have offered" (past tense) a plan and today flipped to "going to have" (future tense).
Then, Boehner repeats the same ole lie about cuts to Medicare, which is to stop greedy insurance companies from over cycle-charging the taxpayers and keeping those funds for senior care, where it belongs.
Republicans come up with idea of alternative healthcare reform bill– to propose next week. Yeah team!
So if you're not going to increase taxes or some form of revenue, not cut medicare or medicaid spending, and not mandate that everyone have insurance, how exactly are you going to pay for the care of the increasing numbers people on these government programs and those who have no insurance??? Add them to an existing government program?? Oh wait, that's an added expense. Not pay the hospitals and doctors for these individuals' services? You'll have hospitals closing their doors. Maybe we should just deny them care all together for those without insurance or the ability to pay and send them home to die quickly. Healthcare has big costs, care is mandated by federal law without regards for ability to pay or citizenship for that matter, and fewer payers of these costs. What exactly have the Republicans been planning for healthcare reform in the past year or how about when they had full control of congress and the presidency from 2001-2005? They have not done a thing and still haven't "finalized" what ideas they have now. That's very pathetic.
More delay from the party of No. Why else wait until both the Senate and House have bills out of committee.
Yeah, right.........and I have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn....any bidders??
The republicans already have a bill. The bill has the following
* All women have the right to be raped but not get justice
* Rape is an preexisting condition
* No gays can be covered
* You have the full right to be dropped by your insurance for falling sick. It will not impact your previlage to pay the insurance premiums
* If you have don't have insurance you should just die if you have insurance you should still die so that the insurance company can make a billion more.
Yea right, Republicans have done NOTHING to help the American people. They "road-block" anything and everything, no matter, just to support failure. They are a mess.
They will submit their "proposal" along with their budget we are all still waiting for...
Where was the Republican health care bill during the Bush Administration when they controlled the House and Senate and the cost went up over 400 percent? It went into their bank accounts! What a bunch of hypocrites!
Their proposal will be tax cuts for insurance companies...to be paid for by cuts in Social Security and Medicare!!
John is just plain pathetic.If he were my son ,I would disown him.
First of all, I would like to say that I am shocked and appalled that our representatives care more about pleasing and promoting their respective parties than helping the American people they were elected to represent. Why did they go into public office? I admit the benefits are substantial. Great retirement pay, health care, and a certain amount of notoriety, but I really believe that most, if not all, of our congress people and senators started out wanting to make the country and the world a better place. Somehow, they get caught up in the ‘headiness’ of it all and forget their roots. If they really want to be great, work together and be part of the common good, no matter what your party. History will remember you.
To the Republicans I have to ask, why are you so against a public option?
Since when have the entrepreneurs of our capitalist system been afraid to compete against the federal government? When permission exists, they go at it ‘tooth and nail’ and the winners are the American people. You have only to look at the postal service for an example. Comprise. Let the Democrats have a public option in exchange for not mandating employers to provide health insurance.
To the Democrats I have to ask, why should employers be responsible for providing health insurance? An employer based system in our Capitalist economy in ludicrous! We will never achieve 100% employment. This burden makes our companies less competitive. The money the companies spend on health insurance could be given to the employees in the form of higher wages. Companies would be able to create more jobs as their products would be more competitive and their profits would rise. Not to mention, changing jobs or lay offs would not affect your medical care. Tell the Republicans the employer mandate provision will be dropped if they will agree to a public option.
These seem like pretty easy compromises. DO IT!! Be part of the historical moment when the United States finally joins the rest of the developed countries, and some not so developed, into taking care of ALL their citizens’ health care needs.
the Mugabe party of NO is back at it again, stalling as usual, no new idea, no plan at all just yell scream criticize and do nothing what a shame
Republican Health Care Reform:
Reaffirm the anti-trust exemption enjoyed by the "Health Care" INDUSTRY at the expense of Citizens.
Eliminate any right to sue for damages resulting from medical mistakes or malpractice – substitute in an arbitration panel, filled with industry fat cats.
Strengthen Insurance Companies "rights" to make as much profit as possible through whatever means available, ie; exclusion, denial, termination.
Allow said "Health Care" "providers" to sell their policies to whomever, wherever, whenever they want, regardless of State regulations.
Did I miss anything???
We demand the right to add THAT in later too.
Give me a break! This promise of an alternative bill comes after a YEAR of pleading from the Democrats to contribute to a bi-partisan plan while the Republicans have sat on their hands. Now that its clear that the Democrats are going to be successful at responding to the public demand for reform – despite Republican obstruction and lies for the past year – the Republicans are now trying one last ploy...a feeble..."but we have ideas too".
Gee, after ten months, no after eight years they now have a health care plan??
Their plan will definitely support and promote big business and sacrifice the American people, you can betcha.
I don't blame Boehner and the rest of the party of NO. The media allows them to lie without being called on it. John King is no exception, actually, he makes it so easy to come on SOTU, spew their lies and know that they will never be called on them. Can you say FOX light?
For months, the Republicans have done nothing but criticize health insurance reform. Now, at the eleventh hour, they suddenly have ideas and a bill in the works? Why weren't they working on it and talking about it all these months instead of knocking the President and the Democrats, who were working on this vital issue? The GOP's moral and legislative bankruptcy grows ever more transparent.
It is embarrassing to say I ever voted for the GOP.
Im sorry, but I think that ship has sailed. NOW they havea plan?? REALLY? Its only been a year of whining and bitc$%^, and NOW they have a plan...I think not folks, thank GOD they are minority in this country ,THANK GOD!
Well, we have the party of BLOW in control: Blow up the deficit, blow up our economy, and blow up our healthcare. Let's hope CHANGE is int he air and Americans are smart enough to punish the party of BLOW in the upcoming elections.
We've seen the rethuglicon approach to health care reform:
Do nothing, block everything and pray that you die quickly when you get sick.
While you bleat the worn out, hate-filled partisan spin you got from Rushblo that Americans want to go slow on reform another 122 of your fellow Americans die everyday for lack of health insurance.
In case you hadn't noticed there Bonher, Americans want health care fixed NOW! Get with it there Bozo, it's the 21st century...
Wait a minute.
Just yesterday I read on the political ticker where Boehner said that the Republicans had offered their own Health Reform plan back in June. Now he's saying that the House Republicans are going to offer their own Health Reform bill. Hmmm.
The Repukes have never wanted health reform, it goes against every big insurance donor who has financed them over the past 60 years. They have had countless opportunities, but failed to achieve anything at all!
And just when did Boehner read the healthcare bill, he hasn't. Boehner is like a kid who reads one page of a book when in fact he hasn't read the book but tries to convience his teacher he's read the whole book.
Conservative voters love to take cheap shots at anyone they disapprove of.
"How much does the White House pay CNN..."
"...the kiddies are getting candy ACORN (S)!..."
"Obama didn't go as the jokester?"
"Did Obama dress up as a chief executive?"
"omama is the worst president sence I have been following the presidents in office."
"I wonder if he asked each kid who was trick-or-treating to give up a "fair share" of their candy for those too lazy to go trick or treating."
I could not agree more. What is this? We have finally a President that is smart, works more than hard and the “rights” just keep japing day in day out! Were where you when the Bush administration did not get anything done in 8 years except to fill their pockets???? Concerned about spending and forgetting, they spend more than anybody ever did before on a war the country was led into. Let’s not forget the people that got killed over this lie. Now they find that people do want health care reform and suddenly they “have a plan”! It is a “no” plan, filled with nothing but lies. Boehner is complaining about how President Obama handles the “leftover” wars, complains about the (very sad) loses of solders. Where was he the last 8 years?? All of this gets to be unbearable to listen too!
It would be nice if they ever participated in some constructive thought and get over being in a group that can do nothing but destroy, scare, lie, and say no, no, no! They should stay less on principle and drawing lines, but stay on the side of the American people!!!
Boy, we've heard this story before. They had a plan in June. What happened to it? The Republicans are only going to help the insurance companies and the rich. This is their way. I say it's time they stood up for the people of this country, not the party. Politics in this country is going to take us all down the tubel. Stand up Americans for what you want. March on Washington if you have to,but STAND UP!!!
Will the Republicans' bill have things like, say, NUMBERS, in it this time? Anyway, they had their chance and did nothing so, too bad.
That "Revolution" seems to happen within the 20% of our population who still consider themself Republican and seems to take the form of a split between the ultra-conservatives and the neo-conservatives. Moderates? What moderates? And we, regardless of our political leaning, are to believe that these guys really mean it when they talk about bipartisanship? What a hoot!
Your parties's actions here lately show me you are really clueless; not only to health care but every aspect of your party and their so called leaders.
This is hilarious – Republicans have NO healthcare plan because they do not want any healthcare reform. They have been bought and paid for by the insurance industry – over 90 Republicans in Congress have individually received more than $1M from the insurance lobby.
The Republican healthcare plan is to sell out America and once again vote NO on a critical life or death issue for the People. Are Republicans even human? How can they ignore the abuse of sick and dying Americans? How can they gladly use a government-run healthcare plan they get for free as Congress members and then deny the same thing to Americans facing bankruptcy from medical bills, no treatment for life-threatening illnesses, and call themselves Christian?
Republicans have no plan and never did except to kill healthcare reform with lies and fear tactics. They had 8 years to come up with solutions to the nation's problems and all we got was a economic disaster and 2 fraudulent Bush/Cheney wars whose cost could have completely paid for healthcare for all.
This is just another Republican lie – they fight reform all year and now just as we are about to vote on reform they suddenly say they have a plan? Please – we are not as stupid as your fanatical nutjob base!
People should realize that everytime republicans are in charge of anything,there are more avereage people suffering one way or another. Uder the guise of what's good for the country only means of what's good for themselves.
I have a problem with John King. He talks mostly with the "Right" and that is o.k. But he lets all their lies go by; he does not call them on the demagogy the Right is spreading, and asks questions that encourages them to spread untrue views. I wonder if CNN wants to create a “safe haven” for the GOP so they talk at all to CNN. However, with good journalism this has nothing to! It is simple sickening!
This is getting, no wait, has gotten PATHETIC!!
We are finally on the precipice of something truly revolutionary for this country and all the GOP can do is stall, stall, stall and make sh*& up.
Sure it will cost money, sure it will shake things up but that's what change is all about. Sometimes its hard but we're strong and we can take it.
Why does the GOP keep trying to take this country in a direction that's healthy for the few and leave the many to suffer.
Enjoy your free and complete congressional health care Boehner!
LIARS and HYPOCRITES!
For 60+ years Democrats have been pushing for healthcare reform. And for 60+ years Republican have danced around it, avoided it, shunned it, blocked it, snuffed it out, or JUST SAID NO!
When middle-class America voted for Healthcare Reform CHANGE in November 2008, suddenly Republicans eyes opened and now the hypocrites are pretending to have a "credible" health care reform package. LIARS!
Boehner, how much exactly id the CBO score the republican health plan that was offered as an alternative.
The Dems latest is 894, what was your figures?
Oh, wait, you actually have to put details to the "outline" before the CBO can offer a cost projections over 19 years.
The "outline" presented months ago by you, we are all STILL waiting for the factual details you promised were still to come "later".
"Later" the new "never".
Oh so now Boehner want to take another 3 or 4 months for the Republicans to come up with a bill now, and I betcha this was did on purpose, the schemers they are, I have never seen Boehner this much on CNN since the election.
A GOP health care bill? Why bother. They can't get anything passed. Oh wait.... I guess they have to go through the motions to shore up the lobbyists in pharmaceutical and health-care/insurance businesses.
WHEN????? Forget the past – they have had 10 months to formulate one and STILL haven't ! Are we all supposed to just wait around for them to finally tackle the issue?
Cancel Congress's healthcare until a bill is passed. Watch how fast we have logical, bi-partisan healthcare!
These guys amaze me. No taxes? No cost? I have no problem paying higher taxes for something that benefits me and the public at large.
Basically it's more of the GOP same: you can have you're cake and eat too and we'll push off the hard decisions (i.e., responsibility) for some later generation when we're all dead and gone.
What a bunch of morons.
It's been over ten months and you don't have a idea what you want,but want to say no to whatever the dems say.sorry party of the new republicans is only out for blood and not willing to reason at all.the new dems are just as bad.hopping for a better party to both for soon.
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but, wasn't it just yesterday this bufoon was chirping on about how the Republicans "HAVE" the only workable plan? Now suddenly they're scrambling to "COME UP" with one soon! ...............And some of you still choose to believe in these lying, hypocrits! I can't think of anything more PATHETIC!!!.........Proud American you ask?..................Not so much!.........
This guy is pathetic! The insurance companies have him and the rest of the Republi-cons so deep in their pockets it's unreal! They have nothing to offer middle America. Everything they do is for big business.
No public option...no re-election!
We have already had 12 years of a 'republican health care' attitude, and just sitting around and saying "NO!" will not get anything done to improve the situation that these idiots have created for us.
If they propose to give the American people the same health plan that is now in place for themselves in the congress and the senate, then I would be prone to vote for that proposal, but you can rest assured that the plan that comes out from their side will do NOTHING to aid the need for a greater 'universal' health care plan being passed in my lifetime, since I am now a very young 81 years of age.
Hey Boehner ...
You and your party are simply a bunch of liars who don't give a crap about this country or it's people
PERIOD
Boehner and the rest of the Republicans have had months to come up with the proposal. Actually they had the last eight years to propose health care reform and nothing happened, so I wouldn't hold my breath. This will be the same as their budget proposal; twelve pages and no numbers.
When the American public wonders why nothing can get done in Washington, they only have to look at what's going on now to see why. And they wonder why we are so mad??????????????
Boehner is like a freshman student who is always late with his homework. He promised us a complete Republican budget months ago, but so far nothing. Now he's promising us a health care program. I suspect it will be a one-page list of "free-market" platitudes and tort reform.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me hundreds of times over five decades and I must be a Republican voter.
Ok, fury and names aside, what do you all think about these items in teh new bill:
The Congerssional budget office says the public plans "would typically have premiums that are somewhat higher than the average premiums for private plans".
Makers of the crucial medical devices that Americans need will be subject to an extra tax on every device they make.
Medicaid, and particularly seniors plans, get a significant cut in this bill.
People who earn high incomes (who also may keep their current insurance and reap no benefits from this legislation) would pay another 5.4 percent of thier income to finance it.
Thoughts?
Tax credits won't work because the Insurance Industry will continue to raise premiums.
That's the GOP for you. They whine and protest, and yet have no idea of their own. Their alternate 'budget' proposal was a 16 page outline with no numbers. NO NUMBERS! In a BUDGET proposal! Their health care 'plan' was a 3 page outline, also without numbers, and over three quarters of the ideas in it were stolen verbatim from the Obama health care plan. They don't have an alternative! Maybe if they took their job seriously and stop wasting my tax dollars that pay for their salaries (and btw, their health care too!!!) maybe I would consider listening to them. Until then, they should be ignored!
The Democratic bill saves the most money AND brings down the deficit – if Boehner really had a better idea, they would have shown it by now.
And yet, the GOP cries about having to read a long bill but Boehner still refuses to post the GOP bill for 72 hours like he asks the Democrats to do!
John Boehner couldn't find his rear end with two hands and a flashlight, and he expects us to believe that the Republicans now have their own healthcare plan? Give me a break! They may have a ridiculous plan that covers nothing and covers noone, but other than that, they have nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How many times have we heard this lie before Mr. Boner? Remember the GOP Budget that didn't have any numbers in it.
To CNN, what kind of a so-called reporter is John King? Mr. Boner continues to state bold faced lies and King doesn't challenge him once. Mr. Boner has bee saying the GOP plan will be out in just a week or two for 8 months now. Now he refers everyone to a web site and guess what, is says nothing! It's just a word salad and John King, your so-called reporter sits there like a bump on a long. So CNN, if you still can't understand why your ratings are falling, take a look at your reporters.
I just finished reading the Pelosi bill and the hodpodge of republican acts and bills via the link in the main story here.
The Pelosi bill is complete. It should be read by every American who can vote. The republican "Acts" along with several other bills with limited republican only co-sponsors needs to put into the same form as the Pelosi bill so we can see it in its entirety. As it stands right now, the Republicans don't have a "Bill" that can be reviewed.
Why is that? They have had the same amount of time that the democrats had, but they haven't done the work. If you don't believe me just follow the link and see for yourselves.
Boehner said today on TV that they would present a bill this week. I don't think that they can do it. They have been sitting around sniping at Pelosi and Reid and thay haven't been working on a Health care bill. Why is that? Just talking about someone elses bill is a waste of our time. PUT IT IN WRITING OTHERWISE IT DON'T COUNT!
I want to see a finished and complete republican bill so I can compare the differences with the finished Pelosi bill. It's exhausting to have to read all of their proposed "Acts" that may or may not be in their final bill.
The republicans need to get down to work on this or SHUT IT. Maybe they don't want to propose a real health Care bill. Maybe they aren't up to doing it. Maybe they can't agree amongst themselves. Maybe their just not smart enough to do it. Maybe they don't intend to do it.
If they don't intend to finish a bill on paper for all to see, then they have nothing to offer and will be in no position to argue.
President Obama told them in his State of the Union Address that he wanted it done. They have sat around for 10 months doing nothing about it while the house and senate democrats have been working on it.
The minority republican party is so angry at losing power, that they just decided not to do any work anymore. They remind me of when I was a kid and I would get mad at my parents and cross my arms and just sit there with a long face, angry at the world. A swift yank up out of that chair and then a good smack to my rear end would soon follow and I would be loaded down with so many chores to do that I thought it would kill me. As soon as I changed my attitude, things would be back to normal.
This is what the republicans need. They need a good kick-in-the-rear end and be told to get to work on a Health Care bill or be sent home for good where they can sit in the corner and mop with their long faces all by themselves.
No more stalling and wasting time. Show us something!
How many months has the GOP been saying this? Still nothing... Oh wait let me guess, block individuals right to sue, the ability to purchase health insurance across state line with no other regulations. Same as the campaign. .
What a joke (from the party of "no.) No clue? No details? No data? No(n)sense?
Imperfect as it may be, the Democrats are at least ofering something that can be amended later.The Republicans said back in June that their plan was due any day and now that the Dems have actually come up with something, the Repubs are hastily putting together whatever they can as a lame alternative. I work for UnitedHealth Group. As an employee,I can tell you our coverage is just terrible. The best plan has a $4k deductible for families. I make less than $35k a year. If I am eligible, I will take the plan offered by the Dems, even if it is years away from implementation.
It'll be a short bill... "Everyone must buy health insurance or pay fine."