Do you know the real reason Republicans oppose health care reform?

I think Karl Rove pretty much summed it up earlier this year when he outlined the new GOP political strategy after being asked what policies Republicans will support: The Republican party will redefine itself in terms of what it opposes.

That is the origin of the phrase, "The Party of No".

It has been interesting to watch how it plays out. In March, the Republicans presented their "alternative budget", and in it they called for ending Medicare and Social Security.

When the President asked Congress to make health care reform a priority, one of the arguments against reform they have advanced is that Democrats would be making cuts in Medicare, a program they had suggested be abandoned altogether only months earlier.

The veracity of their arguments doesn't even have to be evaluated when you can put them side by side and see they oppose one another.

I've got an idea. Why don't we list the criteria within the bill and put into writing the terms that will declare the bill a success and most importantly what will make it a failure.

That way a decade from now we can actually have a quantifiable measure to see if the bill has achieved it's stated goals and the American people don't end up with something that doesn't work the same way Medicare and Social Security doesn't.

Now that would be real reform and a plan I would get behind.

Price and competition

Drive up the price

Kill the competition

leaving only free clinic quality care at 2-3 times what private coverage costs while short changing medical professionals .

Sounds great , can't understand why anyone would oppose ?

Well I am not a Republican,or a Democrat.I believe in healthcare reform for sure,but I think it should be a people system like Norway.The government is just untrustworthy regardless of party,esp with our money.I wouldn't support the healthcare reform being imposed if a Republican thought of it either.

lol yea we are afraid that this will be the first successful social program in the history of our government, that must be it. Its 'cause we got hope this year that nothing that happend every time in the past will happen again.

Lol, no, we fear of big government take over like Canada, Russia, All the small poor countries in Europe.

Texas makes 1.2 trillion a year. That's one state. It makes half of what socialist russia makes in a year which is 2.4 trillion.

America as a country makes 14.4 trillion a year.

You're unAmerican to want these government ran programs. The libertarian fore fathers didn't want big government. Look at the history.

I can't think of a socialist country that comes close.

No, it is opposed because it is unsustainable and illogical, not to mention, socialist.

How are we going to pay for it? We CANNOT pay for what we have now.

Methinks you need to look deeply within your own party, and not worry so much about the Repubs.

Wrong. We fear we can't afford it and it will bankrupt the country. We also fear that it will not succeed and the quality of our current healthcare will decrease dramatically. We also fear our government having control over something this big because we all know government screws things up worse than they already are.

Both parties are guilty of this. So if you are a republican and reading this, don't get upset.

It pretty much applies to even one on one relationships, in some circumstances.

Guess your running for President next time around since you got everyone and everything figured out.