Republicans And Pow-Wow Health

Some Republicans in Congress want to deny the invitation of President Barack Obama on national television on February 25 White House Powwow on health. They fear that if the GOP leaders will be shown if they have finally accepted the poor health into account in the name of bipartisanship.

Republican politicians should accept the invitation. The country expects to be eligible to receive them, even if it was made for television Kabuki Theater, produced and directed by Mr. Obama.

In addition, in the best interests of the Republican Party. The party even better opportunities for their good ideas with Democratic legislative contrast.

These ideas are challenging and meaningful. These include small businesses, which together will be available in the region, the same great discounts insurance companies to eliminate undesirable reform of tort processes that amount to pushing the price of medical care and placing reforms, health insurance for mobile employees. They are also allowing people health insurance beyond the state borders, so that families buy the same health insurance tax breaks available to businesses and the supply price of health patients more transparent.

A comparison of these ideas with Obama Care are free to give the Republicans the White House that "the Republican party no." For example, Republicans want to keep the United States, of course, more money, excluding tax expenditures on health. Democrats will be the current amount that can be stored free of tax, pay $ 3050 for this year, individuals and charges for use of their savings on prescription drugs.

Obama will argue that he wishes the law would allow people to buy health insurance through the state border. But this is not entirely correct. His approach States that they can already do: buy to pass a law allowing residents to buy insurance in another state. The problem is that this is not the creation of a national market and in any case, if Washington imposes mandates that health insurance needs, this is not a healthy competition among insurers.

There are several gaps in Obama Care to allow Republicans to raise. It may be noted that 10 years of tax increases and reduction of health insurance for four years to pay the new requirements and projected savings and income tax based gadgets.

One wonders if the Democrats in Congress is actually a cut Medicare approximately $ 500 billion, and bills for calls. Why the Democrats to accept the benefits of insurance as a separate bill? The transfer of such a law would be "confidence building measures", as Henry Kissinger said.

Republicans asked how Obama puts his tax promises not to anyone under $ 250,000 per year increases, with $ 20 dollars in new taxes over 80 billion dollars on medical devices and drugs. Even the Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf of the Conference of the witness admitted that such taxes will be transferred to patients.


Mr. Obama argued that requiring insurers to cover people with disabilities is problematic. To create such a mandate would encourage people to wait until they are sick to buy insurance, what we need, if cost is reduced to a healthier people to complete the purchase. Obama will be the rope in a healthy environment and to require all companies health insurance to buy or a fine. This mandate is very unpopular.

In a respectful tone, but it should be noted, uses the issue of Republican special interest Democrats to their accounts at the House of Representatives and the Senate, as the release requires the health of members of the Union want a tax Cadillac on the existing insurance schemes. The public is already covered by these special offers are outraged, and we cannot know all.

For example, commentators initially thought that Florida seniors will be protected from the reduction of public policies to support Medicare Advantage. But it turns out that I won Senate Democrats in New Jersey and New York similar protection for seniors in their states.

Obama February 25 meeting, it does not forge a bipartisan consensus. It is Part Theater and part of Chicago-style political pressure.

In addition, the bluff and despair. Obama knows, the biggest obstacle facing him a deep split within his party. Division is to prevent the House of Representatives, Democrat, to pass the Senate Democratic health care bill.

Republicans should remember that they are at the end of this process than its beginning, when the lever of Obama was significant. The year of his omissions lost democratic benefits traditionally strong for the health sector.

The Americans do not like bills of health care that Parliament and the Senate have increased from 58% to 38% of the difference in the new CNN / Opinion Research and the Gallup poll indicates that 60% of Americans approve of the president, dealing with the problem.

Public to express their views on Obama Care. If the Republicans are well-prepared pow-wow is an opportunity to show Americans that the GOP has a better idea.