Saturday, May 16, 2009

VIDEO: GOP pledges to work with Obama on health care reform

By GottaLaff

So they say:

"Let me be clear, Republicans want to work with President Obama and other Democrats to ensure that every American has access to affordable, high-quality health coverage," he said. "Despite our differences, we are convinced there are areas of common-sense agreement on health care reform among Republicans and Democrats. This issue is just too important to let partisanship or blind ideology get in the way. Let’s all work together to do the right thing for the American people."

Boustany, a doctor and member of the House Republican Health Care Solutions Group, said the GOP is "convinced" that there are some areas offering potential for common ground on tackling rising health care costs.

As much as I would love for Rushpublics and Democrats to work together and achieve real health care reform, I fear that their "working with President Obama" means doing it their way or no way, and that the change we desire is in jeopardy via "compromise".

Color me skeptical.

Full transcript here.

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