Why do the Republicans want the Health Care Bill repealed?

Democrats told us that they wanted to pass 'health care reform' because

a. There were 50 million uninsured Americans

b. Costs were too high and folks couldn't afford insurance

c. The government was going broke paying the high cost of health care associated with medicare and medicaid.

Okay, fine. Unfortunately, what happened was

a. While there are 50 million people in America who may be uninsured, 15 million are illegal aliens, 7 million are young adults who CHOOSE not to buy health care because they 'don't need it', another 10 million are between jobs and will have insurance once they find a new job, 10 million qualify for medicare or medicaid but have not signed up. In the end, there are only 7 million who are 'chronically uninsured'. That's less than 3 percent of the population. 50 million versus 7 million. We've been bamboozled with an exaggerated number.

b. The democrats health care legislation did NOTHING, not a darned thing to actually lower the cost of health care or insurance. Not a thing. Nothing. In fact, they increased the cost of health care by such things as placing new taxes on insurance companies and medical equipment manufacturers. When you do this you RAISE the cost of health care and insurance. (When you add to the cost, you raise the cost. It really is that simple.) The price of health insurance necessarily increased by over a third. This is becuase of the additional taxes, fees and requirements that the government placed on insurance companies. It is like forcing someone to work 80 hours a week and expecting them to be satisfied with their 40 hour a week pay. Or, from an insurance stand point, you can't expect an insurance company to pay out a million when they're only taking in $500K. It simply won't work. So in the midst of what is one of the worst recessions, congress increased the cost of insurance that businesses pay for and provide to their employees by over a thrid. (Caterpillar reported additional costs in the hundreds of millions associated with Obamacare directly.)

c. You can't raise the cost of health care and expect Medicare and Medicaid to benefit in any way. In fact, these programs will actually cost significantly more. The Democrats are banking on the belief that much of the cost reduction will come from preventing waste fraud and abuse, but if if they'd been able to do that, they'd have done it already. Not only that, but to administer this vast new government entitlement will require tens of thousands of new government employees...that means salaries for all of them.

And when Obama bragged that because of Obamacare 95% of Americans were finally covered for insurance, well, the fact is, they already are. We didn't get a darned thing for the trillion more in government spending OR the thousands more Americans are now having to pay for increased insurance costs. This legislation did incredible harm to the nation and the economy and did absolutely no good. It needs to be repealed.

UPDATE: "Don't want to help the poor and they want to keep their money." What BS. I own and operate two very small businesses. As a result, we purchase health insurance for our employees. Within months of Obamacare's passage, our insurance costs went up by over 35% or about $6,000 for a family of four. $6,000!!! A year! That's not peanuts people. That's the cost of a semester in college! Most people have to save for this kind of expense, but with Obamacare we got hit with it right off the bat. We pay it or we don't have insurance. Now, I don't know how much you 'care about the poor' or how much of your money you want to keep, but when the government passes legislation that directly increases my business costs for insurance by over a third?! By $6,000 per family because of the extraordinary new requirements, requirements I don't even need but, by law, cannot now refuse? Give me a freakin' break! You people don't run businesses, don't have to pay operating costs, don't have to make more than you spend in time, materials and labor and don't have a clue what goes on in the real world. You think my opposition comes from some 'wanna be right' obsession? No! It comes from the FACT that Obamacare has f**ked me, you and everyone you know. You just aren't close enough to realize it yet.

May I suggest that this is not a question of what Republicans want, rather, it is anyone who fears big government which enacts laws not within the delegated powers of the Constitution. The fact is the Health Care Bill is not within the Delegated Powers of the Constitution of the United States. To date 26 States have entered into suits against the Health Care Bill on just one of the extra-Constitutional elements, that is, that the federal government can force the American people to purchase health insurance. In the more than 220 years of the Constitution, this is the first time that the federal government has attempted to force the American people to purchase something.

Most significantly, if allowed to stand this health care bill will increase health care cost to the American people.

I like what DC Maximus said:

"It forces people to have medical insurance or be fined or jailed. That is illegal.

It uses tax dollars of the hard working people to provide health care for those who refuse to work.

Nuff said??"

Personally, I want it repealed because I have Medicare, I pay the premiums, and I know what kind of insurance coverage you get for your money. The only thing I like about Obama care is it will cover people with preexisting conditions, but what people don't understand is it isn't going to save your house if you have a preexisting condition or find yourself with serious injury, because it only covers a portion of hospital stays, and it doesn't cover a large majority of prescription drugs. If you can afford $10,000 in medical bills and to pay $300 a month in prescriptions, then you don't need it.

Low income families will not be able to afford it considering the lowest amount you can pay is $110 per month per person in your household. People don't understand how medicare works, it is much different than medicaid, it is not free. As usual this will take from the middle and lower working class, and the only ones who will really benefit are those who already receive medicaid and welfare. Meanwhile, Obama and his friends attack S.S. and cut medicare so they can give to those who want a free ride, which really makes no sense considering those people already get medicaid. The only difference is people who can't afford the insurance, will be forced to buy something they don't need and probably don't want. They aren't going to be covered if something drastic happens, because like I said, medicare doesn't cover everything, and the monthly premiums are expensive.

Because all Republicans care about is keeping their money. They don't care about the sick and poor, and they don't care about minorities. They especially do not want to pass anything that Obama proposes, no matter what it is, simply because...they aren't benefiting from it and of course the obvious one, he's a Democrat, trying to pass laws based on Democratic values and not Republican ones.

Too expensive, the congress didn't even read it, people don't want it, why should I let the government pick my pocket because I can't afford or don't wish to purchase health care insurance. Then there's the little matter of : who in their right mind is going to keep a 26 old on their insurance!

I can't speak for all, but I want it repealed because it's unconstitutional on a number of grounds.

1. It mandates that individuals buy a private product, which is not only unprecedented, but far beyond the powers granted to Congress. The auto insurance comparison is faulty because it is (a) mandated by the states, not the feds, (b) only applicable if you choose to own a car AND drive on public roadways

2. It creates a right out of thin air. If government can create rights, it can take them away. This is a very dangerous precedent to set. Beyond that, it creates a right to the personal property of another person/entity. There are no such rights in the Constitution.

It wasn't their idea and their base doesn't want to pay for it. So since they do not get any credit for it, they are dead set against it. BTW, you can forget the statements about them presenting their own plan in a few months, they do not have the support in their own ranks, they would have presented it by now, and even if the bill passes the house, it will die in the Senate. And thus waste the peoples time. z

It is unconstitutional for the federal government to meddle in health care. There is no power granted to the Federal government in Article One, Section Eight of the US Constitution that allows them to do so.

On top of that, it will be just one more miserably failing program that will cause taxpayers to subsidize welfare mooches and costs will rise. Name one program that the federal government has stuck their nose in that hasn't failed miserably.

I hope that is basic enough for you to understand why this Conservative is against the obamadinejhad intrusion into health care.

the teabaggers told them to

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two current stories about the Health Care Bill

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/19/58...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41104102/ns/politics-m...