Boehner: GOP leaders haven't met Obama for health talks since April

[Geezah]

The ball is in President Obama's court to reach out to Republicans if he wants a bipartisan bill on healthcare reform, House GOP Leader John Boehner (Ohio) said Monday morning.

Boehner told reporters that the president has not invited House GOP leaders to the White House for meetings on healthcare reform since the end of April.

Earlier this year, GOP leaders sent a letter to the president in May stating that they would like to work with the administration to find "common ground" on healthcare reform.

But the administration responded with a tersely worded letter indicating that they had healthcare reform under control.

Link (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/57859-boehner-gop-leaders-havent-met-obama-for-health-talks-since-april)

They have it under control alright......

[Mu-Meson]

Its pretty damn clear that Obama is not the great post-partisan that was promised during the election campaign. A fact that anyone who looked at his pre-campaign record would respond to with a "well d'uh!".

For example: the porkulus bill that has stimulated nothing, where Obama basically told the GOP to shut up: http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-dont-want-the-folks-who-created-the-mess-to-do-a-lot-of-talking/

Branding Republicans as the Party of No is much easier than rebutting the many alternative reforms suggested by the GOP. Who knows, acknowledging alternatives might expose the Dems hyper-hypocritical stance on tort reform, for one example. Can't have that now, can we?

[SOG]

Vote for change! Different ****, same asshole (the American Public).

I would like to see back peddling as a Olympic sport.

[TheSteve]

Branding Republicans as the Party of No is much easier than rebutting the many alternative reforms suggested by the GOP. Who knows, acknowledging alternatives might expose the Dems hyper-hypocritical stance on tort reform, for one example. Can't have that now, can we?
What are some of the suggested Republican reform ideas?

[Geezah]

What are some of the suggested Republican reform ideas?

Doesn't matter as your partisan President isn't interested in any ideas that come from the Right.

[wild_wild_wes]

What are some of the suggested Republican reform ideas?

TORT REFORM

TORT REFORM

TORT REFORM

oh, and competition between state lines between health insurance companies.

[Alpheus]

What are some of the suggested Republican reform ideas?


Rep. Tom Price, head of the Republican Study Committee, plans to attend tonight's speech carrying a copy of H.R. 3400, the Empowering Patients First Act, which Price, who is a medical doctor, proposed in July. Other Republicans may carry H.R. 2520, which is Rep. Paul Ryan's Patients' Choice Act, and H.R. 3218, which is Rep. John Shadegg's Improving Health Care for All Americans Act. The purpose of bringing the bills to the session -- and of holding them up, if Obama repeats his claim that Republicans have no plan -- is to "show the president that his rhetoric that there are no solutions on the Republican side is false," says the aide. "We've got a plan and we're ready to show it to him -- literally."

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/GOP-lawmakers-considering-protest-at-tonights-Obama-speech-58179727.html

You can use this website, http://www.opencongress.org/, to find out what each bill is about. Which you can't do for the Dem's plan, because they haven't made one yet.

[RxOnco]

I found it quite comical tonight when Dear Leader said that his door was going to remain open. He would welcome any input or insight on how to improve upon the current plan in order to achieve their common goals. As the cameras panned Congress, you could see a sea of Republicans waiving copies of proposals which have not, and will not be considered by the Left.

[wild_wild_wes]

I found it quite comical tonight when Dear Leader said that his door was going to remain open. He would welcome any input or insight on how to improve upon the current plan in order to achieve their common goals. As the cameras panned Congress, you could see a sea of Republicans waiving copies of proposals which have not, and will not be considered by the Left.

ROFL

You sir win an internet!

But I thought tonight was the night Obama finally came out with a comprehensive plan, with everything spelled out. But it was just the same old sh*t. No specifics; just a laundry list of pie-in-the-sky wishes, none of which are supported by realistic revenue streams.

Oh, and more lies.

[FullMetalJackass]

What are some of the suggested Republican reform ideas?

YOu serious?