Posted on 10/08/2009 7:12:42 AM PDT by bestintxas
Former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole says a top GOP leader asked him not to publicly support health care reform. But he's doing so anyway.
The former Kansas senator said Wednesday that health care reform is "one of the most important measures members of Congress will vote on in their lifetimes."
Dole opposes a government-run insurance option, saying it could put private insurers out of business. He expects something to pass by early 2010.
Dole spoke at a health care summit in Kansas City. He said afterward that some Republicans have asked him to stay mum including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The Kentucky senator's spokesman denied the claim. He said McConnell hasn't spoken with Dole recently and agrees that reform is needed.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
What a RINO idiot and slimy pitchman for Viagra.
Dole said he didn't support any public option. What's wrong with that?
What a RINO idiot and slimy pitchman for Viagra.
I thought everyone including republicans support healthcare reform with the argument being over what it consists of. Dole says he does not support a public option.
I think it’s decent Republican strategy to argue strongly for healthcare reform and at the same time strongly oppose specific features that are socialist or what have you.
It is not a decent Republican strategy to oppose any form of healthcare legislation.
Yes, we need health care reform. Medicare and Medicaid are bankrupting the country. The question is what is meant by health care reform.
Yes, I went to the site and the article does not mention anything indicating support for ObamaCare from the Senator. Are their any other articles revealing more about what he said?
Doesn’t the article say that he supports reform but not a public option? if that is so then he does not support Obamacare. Seems like a misleading headline.
More proof that Reagan was an anomaly for the GOP.
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There are three Republican bills supporting health care reform. I don’t understand this knee-jerk reaction to Dole’s statement.
For example, getting the government completely out of the private health care industry would be "reform."
Too many people won’t dispassionately read articles around here, because they’re too eager to rabidly foam at the mouth at any perceived provocation. This is troll heaven if you’re a liberal: Just throw up a provocative, anti-GOP, headline and watch the reflexive braying unfold. It’s like there’s some pleasure sensor that is activated in their brain every time they get to write down the acronym “RINO”.
Bob Dole Bucks GOP, Says Obamacare Needed
Headline not supported by anything in the article.
Former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole says a top GOP leader asked him not to publicly support health care reform. But he's doing so anyway.
Which top leader and what type of reform? I support reform too. I want individually purchased insurance to have the same tax treatment as insurance purchased through a company. Even if I pay every penny of my health insurance, if it is from a company sponsored plan I pay neither federal nor state income tax on that money. I don't even pay SS and Medicare tax on it. It's like that income never existed. That gives about a 45% price advantage just buying it through the company. Second, allow more high deductible plans. Third, allow people to buy across state lines so if my state wants to require homeopathic acupuncture (no needles actually used, just touch the needles to water and then dilute that ten trillion times), I don't want to have to buy a plan paying for it. There I support reform.
The former Kansas senator said Wednesday that health care reform is "one of the most important measures members of Congress will vote on in their lifetimes."
No argument there. This is a vote between freedom and eternal slavery to the government, with some GS-9 in Washington deciding whether I live or die. It is very important to kill that bill.
Dole opposes a government-run insurance option, saying it could put private insurers out of business.
But that is the heart and soul of Obamacare (which the headline said he supported). Remove that and any bill is just a hollow shell of its original takeover.
He expects something to pass by early 2010.
Expectation is not support. I expect the Bengals to lose to the Ravens. I'll still root for the Bengals.
Dole spoke at a health care summit in Kansas City. He said afterward that some Republicans have asked him to stay mum including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Some? List their names.
The Kentucky senator's spokesman denied the claim. He said McConnell hasn't spoken with Dole recently and agrees that reform is needed.
So, whether McConnell told Dole to STFU or not is a he said/he said, with neither side giving evidence or more details.
He doesn’t want a public option.
Bob Dole is a good man but some demand thought control and that everyone agree with their ideas otherwise they are insulted.
No way to build a winnning team.
NO, we need reform of health care laws that are making health care too expensive. The government, as usual, has screwed things up. Tort Reform is desperately needed. States which have implemented Tort Reform have seen huge drops in malpractice premiums.
The states are paying huge amounts for Illegal (read Undocumented liberal press) Aliens cost huge amounts in the Hospitals. My wife, an ER nurse, sees dozens each day, all claiming they cannot pay. Who do you think who foots the bill?
Going back to Health Care Insurance is an answer. A high deductible keeps it affordable, yet there when one needs it.
The Current ideas, of "No Preexisting conditions", means that huge premium increases (under Baucus- A Big Tax) are coming. These will hurt Americans still suffering under employment.
And if you think Unemployment will go down... Think Again, the dominoes have just begun to fall. Just wait for the cities to start going under.
Bob Dole is as RINO as ever.
Everytime a Republican has microphone is his/her face, they should remind the interviewer Americans see JOBS as the #1 issue in the country!
... that [fill-in-the-blank] is "one of the most important measures members of Congress will vote on in their lifetimes."
Every contentious power-grab by Washington, and every dereliction of constitutional duty (e.g., abdication of the power to regulate the value of money), is "one of the most important measures."
On the health care package, I think Mr. Dole is in fact not bucking the GOP. He's just saying what they wish they could say, just that the public isn't "ready" to accept it at this moment. The GOP is at least as guilty at power-grabbing and abdication as the DEMs are.
Overexposure to the liberal media can take its toll on anyone.
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