Dems taunt GOP: Where's your health care plan?

[sabra]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON — Even as Republicans pummel President Barack Obama's health care proposals, some GOP leaders worry their party is being hurt by a Democratic counterattack: Where is your plan?

Republican leaders chose not to draft their own comprehensive bill, focusing instead on attacking Democrats' plans as too costly and bureaucratic. Some prominent Republicans now fear they are getting tagged as the "party of no," and they want the GOP to offer more solutions to the nation's health care problems.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential GOP presidential contender in 2012, said it's time for Republicans "to pivot and say, in addition to emphasizing what we oppose, here are our proposals" for health care. The two parties can agree on some important improvements, he said in an interview Thursday, but Democrats must trim their proposed costs.

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Privately, Republican lawmakers have debated the pros and cons of offering their own comprehensive legislation in the Democratic-controlled Congress. A leader on the issue, Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said on June 17, "I guarantee you, we will bring you a bill that costs far less, far less than the Democrats' and will provide better results for the American people."

A month later, Blunt seemed to have changed his mind.

"Our bill is never going to get to the floor," he wrote in a blog, "so why confuse the focus? We clearly have principles; we could have language, but why start diverting attention from this really bad piece of work they've got to whatever we're offering right now?"

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[redqueen]

1. "We clearly have principles;"? WTF? Mindless obstructionism is a principle

to these jackasses?

Please!

[MercutioATC]

2. Repubs don't NEED to have a plan. Plenty of Dems will give them what they want.

Why do all of the work and put yourself in the position to take the blame when your opponent is willing to fight against itself to give you what you want?

[pattmarty]

11. That's right. The "bill" is looking more and more like a Republican wet dream...........

..........Even Howard Dean said the Finance committee bill would make Bush happy. Better no "reform" than what's looking like will be a shit bill.

[babylonsister]

3. Too little, too late to offer a bill now, goopers. Oh, and bobby?

No proposals were offered. You guys are SOL.

[damonm]

4. About damn time...

I've been saying this for months.
on top of that, what I want to hear EVERY REPUBLICAN GET ASKED:
"while you had control of the House & Senate from 1995-2007, and the White House also for 6 of those years, why didn't you do anything about healthcare reform THEN?" The resultant squirming should be most entertaining.
Should also ask them why they did nothing about immigration and abortion, since they foam at the mouth about both at every opportunity...

[rpannier]

6. They did do something

The raised prescription drug rates for Seniors

See...They did do something

[fencesitter]

8. They did do something..

The big R plan was "Health Saving Accounts", which really didn't do anything for anyone except those that have money left over from paying their premiums to invest into the stock market.

[rpannier]

5. We clearly have no ideas; we could have language, but why start

diverting our attention from whining and sniveling to whatever we're offering right now?

I wish to point out he does concede they have nothing -- ...whatever we're offering right now

[vinylsolution]

7. Republicans - the party of NO....

No ideas,

No ideology,

No leaders,

No credibility,

No future....

[SlingBlade]

9. It's really not a taunt, It's REALITY, They have no plan

[dhpgetsit]

10. Republicans "are afraid to put anything on the table

"because the American people would see it doesn't address the problem."

- Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md

[moose65]

12. These ads make me angry!

On this very thread, at the bottom, popped up an ad that said "Hands Off My Health Care" and a link to a right-wing site. Doesn't DU have any control over the ads shown on the page? I've seen it several times on threads that are discussing health care. Are those ads linked to keywords in the thread?