Sen. Hatch: The GOP is Opposing Healthcare Reform Because People Will like It »
Posted By capj71 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
In an interview with CNS News Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch admitted the real reason why the Republican Party is opposed to healthcare reform is that they are worried that people will like it and vote Democrat in future elections.
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Beau78901 month, 2 weeks ago
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Hatch doesn't actually say Republicans are opposing healthcare reform because people will like it.
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But he does say "Look what it will do to the insurance industry," as if that is important to peoples' health. And he says 119 million people will move to a government-run plan rather than buy private insurance. He also says the "two-party system," meaning the Republican party, will be threatened. He conveniently leaves out that if the Republicans worked with Democrats for better healthcare, their existence wouldn't be threatened.
So his reasoning is that giving people a healthcare plan that will work better than private insurance will destroy the Republican party.
In other words, he cares more about his party than the welfare of the people he represents.
the sheer nerve of this argument is incredible. And the sheer gullibility of those who buy this argument is even more astounding.-
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Endoscopy1 month, 2 weeks ago
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What you ignore is that the insurance industry denies less claims than the government programs. Medicare denies more and Medicaid is the worst. Only Aetna insurance approaches Medicare. So why would anybody want the death panels already in existence in the government programs. The denial of claims when it is a life threatening problem is the death panel. Why do libs ignore this.
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happydaze1 month, 2 weeks ago
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"And if they get there, of course, you’re going to have a very rough time having a two-party system in this country..."
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"As Think Progress pointed out Hatch’s concern about the fate of the two party system..."
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awongscreen1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Blocking the opponents from doing good things to the public in an effort to avoid making the opponents look good? This is not news and (to be fair) have been the standard practice by politicians for a long time whether they are left or right.
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The only difference here is the conservatives have raise the bar to nonsensical level.
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