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Griffith Joins The Party Of ‘No’, Health Insurance


A majority of Americans voted for Obama for president, in large part, because he promised to reform health care. Just because a minority of Americans went to the streets, hijacked town hall meetings and received
disproportionate media attention during Congress’ August recess does not mean the national mood has changed. The bills is of too many pages, nobody has read them, the program is too expensive, Medicare will suffer, governmental bureaucrats, not doctor and patients will be making medical decisions. Griffith says health care reform will bring America down the wrong track. No Republicans has presented a serious alternative to the unacceptable status quo, where those who have insurance subsidize health care for the 30 million Americans who do not. It would end the insurance company practice of refusing coverage to those with pre-existing conditions. It would slow the rate of health care inflation. It would prohibit use of federal funds for abortions. It would lend health insurance coverage to at least 30 million Americans who now have none. Not a single Republican believes those changes are good for the Americans. The truth is that republicans cannot politically afford for Obama’s domestic priority to succeed, even if that means trying to kill a measure that would benefit everyone.