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Boehner: Presidents Health Care Proposal Jeopardizes Summit, Doubles Down on
Failed Approach Americans Have Already Rejected
GOP Leader: The President has crippled the credibility of this weeks summit by
proposing the same massive government takeover of health care based on a
partisan bill the American people have already rejected.


Washington, Feb 22 -

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House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement in
response to the partisan health care proposal posted online by the White House
for discussion at the upcoming bipartisan health care summit:

The President has crippled the credibility of this weeks summit by proposing
the same massive government takeover of health care based on a partisan bill
the American people have already rejected.  This new Democrats-only backroom
deal doubles down on the same failed approach that will drive up premiums,
destroy jobs, raise taxes, and slash Medicare benefits.

This weeks summit clearly has all the makings of a Democratic infomercial for
continuing on a partisan course that relies on more backroom deals and
parliamentary tricks to circumvent the will of the American people and jam
through a massive government takeover of health care.

The best way to protect families and small businesses in this time of economic
uncertainty is to start over with a step-by-step approach to health care reform
focused on lowering costs, and thats exactly what Republicans are fighting for.
 The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has confirmed that the Republican
bill reduces premiums for families and small businesses by up to 10 percent.
The Republican bill reduces premiums by implementing common-sense reforms such
as allowing Americans to purchase insurance across state lines.  Despite their
rhetoric to the contrary, none of the Democrats proposals  including the
Presidents  provides this much-needed reform in a manner that can actually be
effective.

Republicans are also standing with the American people by calling for health
care reform to protect human life and not use taxpayer money to fund abortion.
The Republican bill would codify the Hyde Amendment and prohibit all authorized
and appropriated federal funds from being used to pay for abortion, which the
Presidents proposal would allow.  Pro-life Democrats in the House have already
pledged to vote against this provision.  Health care reform should be an
opportunity to protect human life  not end it  and the American people agree.

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