Cantor: 'We Will Say No To The Health Care Bill'

But you'll say YES!!! to 30% increases in premiums.

Nah - keep the dialogue open; it allows the issue to stay in the headlines, where the GOP can continue to be portrayed as recalcitrant buffoons. And orange.

But we sure can say yes to 40% hikes in premiums! That's healthcare Americans DESERVE!

we already know this. obama should already know this. forget the gop

It's sad. He's my representative. And he's in a safe seat and not going anywhere.

And this passes for news?

Is it just me, or is that Alex P. Keaton is see? It was MUCH funnier on TV, than living it in real life.

if we're lucky these guys will keep talking

The rate hike information and the CPAC statements, if followed up with by the GOP in the summit sessions, are the best things for Obama's style possible.

He really believes in the ability of people to work together to form a directed consensus. You don't cut people out of the process, but if they have nothing constructive to add you eventually let them cut themselves off/move on without them. This is a powerful way to accomplish lasting change as by the end of the process the vast majority of participants/observers come to find the outcome reasonable and all but inevitable, if not everyone's ideal solution.

However, it only works when people are put in a place they have to take a position and stick to it regardless of consequences. The GOP through all of this has been squirming from objection to objection without ever taking a stand. Most of it has been sniping with no meaningful alternatives, and mushiness about wanting some reform wihout really clarifying your position. The election of Scott Brown, though, seems to have made Cantor and others think they can just stand up and say no without offering anything to the process. That, and the horrible premium situation, allows Dems to come together and acknowledge there's no point to trying to convince the GOP of anything, and the American people to see the choice of vision for what it is - something positive if not perfect or nothing (with disastrous cost increases in the latter). At least that's what Dems hope will happen. If the GOP actually offers something good, bonus - but I won't hold my breath on it.

that the GOP will say no to healthcare is not a surprise.

It is the Dems that are saying no causing the problem.

healthcare is not a substitute for Obama's agenda.

healthcare was one item in a long list that will not get done by his Democratic congress.

I agree, calbearinillinois. I'd add that this health care summit is meant to stiffen the spines of Dems in Congress who want to pass the Senate bill but are afraid of political fallout. Obama has designed this to limit the political price because, just as he did when he met the GOP legislators at their retreat and swatted away their propaganda there, he will do so here. They'll be more prepared for him this time but they can't change reality. Facts are on the side of reform. The summit will make that clear. And the highlights will be shown on cable and commercial tv, on the web, and in papers for days afterwards.

It also helps that Anthem Blue Cross, with their rate hikes, demonstrated,as no talking points from either side could, what happens without reform.

Hey, Eric – as an old friend used to say, "I'll let you make that mistake." Can't wait to see the effect on your s**t-eating grin when that tactic goes south.

Have I missed something? The NY Times is reporting reconciliation will be used on the White House proposal.

I suppose it's too much to ask that Republicans in Congress wake up to their responsibility to be part of actually governing the country any time before the next presidential election?

"But don't you DARE call us the Party of No."

As liberals, we should be grateful for the Republicans helping to kill the Senate's pseudo-reform of health care. It is truly a disaster that could only further alienate voters from the Democratic Party and from voters at large.

Lest we forget...

Item 1:
 “A mere seven months ago (that would be around June 2009), The New York Times/CBS poll found that 72% of Americans ‘supported a government-administered insurance plan—something like Medicare for those under 65—that would compete for customers with private insurers.’”

Item 2: As of February 2010, the Democratic 'reform' has mandated voters pay premiums to private sector insurers; required subsidies be paid by the government to private sector insurers; stipulated the legality of insurers spending only 80 cents of every 100 cents on actual health care while spending 20 cents of every 100 cents on lobbying, 'sympathetic' candidates, CEO bonuses, 'administration' and fighting your claim for treatment; nixed the single payer health care reform and stiff-armed the 'government option',

Item 3: Other than PhARMA and the insurance industry - those who created the sop for themselves - everyone (well, at least, 72%) reject this charade Obama and the Democratic leadership calls 'reform'.

Obama and the Democratic leaderships cry "It could be worse" does not persuade voters that the bailout or the health care 'reform' was or is a good idea.

Thank you Republicans for saving the Democrats from themselves and us from Obama and the 'Democratic' leadership.

GOP says no, Dems sit back and use that as an excuse to do "NO". It's time that we hold the Democratic Party And Barak Obama to their PROMISES. To sit back and wait until Hell Freezes over for the Republicans to cooperate is no excuse for doing nothing. It's time to use all the tools available for real change. Nuclear Option is one, Budget reconciliation is another, Bipartisanship was NEVER an option. If an effective law for health care can pass, which it can IT MUST! If nothing comes of this before the 2010 election, then they all should be voted out of office!

Now that's Bipartisanship if I ever saw it.

No problem, Congressman. No health care for us. You don't mind if we take away yours?

I think most of us realize the problem right now. Does Obama?

Obama has let these people jerk him around every which way. It is *high time* to get tough with them, and beyond *high time.* So the question runs, will wrap this up, or allowed continued sabotaging? They will be *happy* to jerk him around some more, agree to have another look at the problem, schedule a "bare minimum" number of additional hearings, working groups, just the "bare bones" in an "expedited" attempt to work out the "final details." And if he lets them get away with that, he begins to look a lot like a failed President because they'll use the opportunity to paint him as an ineffectual buffoon.

Right now has to be the end game, period.

Cantor is a scumbag, straight up. He's actually sleazier than The Boner...if that's even possible.

And does Cantor have that creepy, "Hey kids, want some candy?" look about him, or what? Ech...

I have this fantasy: The room is set up so all the Dems are on one side and the Rs on the other. This is so we can see all the empty seats on the R side with name tags affixed to each one, so we know who exactly isn't there. Then Obama at the podium calls upon the Rs to present their ideas first, just to be polite you see. After a certain amount of jaw hanging, the Rs can start up with all the things they won't go for. Obama can say, "Yes, but give us your positive ideas on health care reform, things you propose to actually improve health care in this country." This should pretty much seal the deal for any viewers.

Or the Rs could bring Issa with his HR 3438 - at least Issa has something to offer, inadequate as it is. [Issa thinks his HR 3438 is a complete package, all that is necessary. You gotta give him some props for thinking of anything at all besides the big N-O. I am not an Issa fan in any way, shape, or form, but I'll give him some credit on this.]

this crap all sounds like karl marx.

If the answer is already known to be NO, then I guess there will be no need to cash the generous campaign contributions checks from insurance companies, nor pal around with insurance lobbyists.

How many in Congress who oppose the health care reforms would be able to get insurance on their own, at a price most Americans could afford?

Meanwhile, major private insurers continue to drop or deny coverage to anyone who they regard as high risk, increase annual premiums by as much as 40%, and rake in huge quarterly profits.

It's a curious aspect of the conservatives' collective mindset that if their taxes increase a little to offset the cost of universal health care or a public option, all hell breaks loose and it's the end of society as we know it.

But if their private health insurance rates increase by several times what the tax would have been, it's all good, cause that's how the free market rolls.

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The Republicans will say "No" to a health care bill because they are the party of NO.

Do Repubicans need health care?