Obama seems not to get it that the health care legislation is flawed at its very core. If he convinces a few Republicans to buy into his insanity, we have a very serious problem.
The President plans to convene a "bipartisan" (which means, "agree with me or you will be destroyed") health care session at the White House to be televised live this month (on C-Span?). I am sure the president hopes that under the pressure of the American Public watching, the Republicans will cave, and give in, and sign on to the socialist idea of federal government intrusion into America's health insurance system. Obama believes this because he erroneously believes that the American People desire his style of "change" to health care. This is where "the people" enters into the debate as a very important factor. Deceivers like Obama are very good at spreading such lies through Washington like an infestation, and if the GOP even thinks for a minute that the people want this insanity, it could be a rough ride for the battle to stop the incremental move towards socialist single-payer health care.
The Republicans, if the establishment progressives in the party do not get in the way, need to make sure the Democrats understand that the health care legislation is flawed at its very core. Congress-critters with an "R" after their name should not be proposing amendments, or ways to make the plan better, because the very idea of government intervention into the health insurance system is flawed at its very roots.
President Obama desires, or so he says, that the Republicans give their ideas on health care. The answer by the GOP should be very short and simple. The federal government does not have the constitutional authority to interfere with the system, and the new legislation should primarily be built around getting government the hell out of the insurance game, while opening up markets by allowing companies to create policies the citizens really desire, and products that will encourage competition in the medical industry. In short, eliminate the requirements that created HMO style policies, and allow the products to be catastrophic policies. In other words, insurance should only cover the out of the ordinary, or unexpected high cost medical treatments. We don't charge our auto insurance for oil changes, and so we shouldn't be using health insurance for check-ups.
By changing the make up of the insurance products, it will create competition among the medical practices, which in turn will drive down the cost of insurance, enabling people to buy the policies independently, rather than through employers. This takes pressure off of businesses, giving them a leg up on their growth (which in turn will create jobs), and force doctors to compete for patients with better service and lower prices because insurance won't be paying for everything.
Unfortunately, the cesspool of idiocy that runs through Washington does not agree that the people should have that kind of power over their choices. Government believes "it" is the answer, and will do whatever it can to insert its will upon the people.
So, when the GOP gets together with Obama, will they remember the will of the people, and that the government is not the solution? Or will they play politics and suggest their own big government ideas to a problem that was created by big government intervention in the first place?
Obama wants both sides to work together, meaning he wants the GOP to compromise, and move to the left a little. The politicians just don't get it. The best ideas involve self-reliance, individual responsibility, and putting the power of purchasing health care in the hands of the people. If there are those that still can't afford it, hospitals have payment plans, and states are more than legally allowed to have their own health systems available (which I believe should be available for temporary use only, and without federal funding intermixed).
Barack Obama is making the offer of working with Republicans because he knows his Obamacare is dead. He couldn't get his own party to agree on the makeup of health care legislation, and he is hoping to pull in a few Republicans to fix the problem. Plus, in his mind, if he succeeds, he'll also be seen as a unifier, which is something he wants badly. Remember, Barry ran his campaign on the notion that he will unify America. Problem is, since taking office, he has been the most polarizing president in history.
The "bipartison meeting" is set for February 25.
And it is funny, isn't it, that the Democrats left the Republicans out, locked the doors, and planned to do all of this by themselves (with a few payoffs of Senators in the process) as long as they thought they had the power to do so, but now that Scott Brown is in the U.S. Senate, and the Senate Democrats have lost their super-majority, suddenly they unlock the doors, and smile with their fake, deceptive invitations, and say "hey, let's all just get along, and be bipartison."
Question is, will this meeting change the direction of the health care debate, or drag out an already lengthy and tortuous battle?
Time will tell.
Let's just hope the Republicans remember The People, and the U.S. Constitution when they enter that room with the serpents of the Democrat Party.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
Obama Plans Bipartisan Summit on Health Care - New York Times
Obama invites GOP leaders to health care talk - Associate Press, Yahoo News
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