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Home | News Briefs | U.S. | World | Celeb Buzz | Entertainment | Sports | Business | Health | Sci / Tech | Politics | Weird & Offbeat --- Advertisment --- Republicans Hold Own Press Conference Ahead Of President's Primetime Presser July 22, 2009 11:47 a.m. EST --- Advertisment --- Kris Alingod - AHN Contributor Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Republicans will hold a press conference on Wednesday ahead of President Barack Obama's fifth presser marking the first six months of his administration. The GOP is pushing back hard against efforts by Obama to pass a healthcare reform bill before the August recess, saying Democratic proposals that offer a public plan option cost too much, hurt small businesses and could lead to a "government takeover of healthcare." Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Minority John Boehner (R-OH) will discuss their proposals on how to fix the nation's ailing healthcare system and expand coverage for more than 47 million uninsured Americans at 3:30 pm ET from the Capitol. Ahead of the press conference, McConnell delivered a floor speech Wednesday morning saying, "All of us recognize the need for reform. That's not in question. And that's why day after day, I have come to the floor of the Senate and proposed concrete, common-sense reforms that all of us can agree on." "As I've said repeatedly, we should reform malpractice laws, encourage wellness and prevention programs... promote more competition in the private insurance market, and address the needs of small businesses in a way that doesn't kill jobs in the middle of a recession," he added. "Unfortunately, the administration seems bent on its own proposal for a government-driven plan that costs trillions of dollars and asks small businesses and seniors to pay for it." The President holds his press conference at 8:00 pm ET from the East Room of the White House. He will focus on healthcare and "remind the American people what's at stake, what's in it for them, why the status quo is unacceptable and unaffordable, and what must be done in terms of this issue to lay that foundation for long-term economic growth," according to Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Republicans on Tuesday gave a scathing review of Obama's first six months in office. Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) said in a floor speech, "The president began his term with an enormous amount of goodwill, high approval ratings, and pledges to work in a bipartisan way... the administration has become increasingly partisan in the months since then." "The effectiveness of the president's policies is increasingly questioned by the American people as spending and deficits have skyrocketed, unemployment has gotten much worse since he took office, and America's interests abroad have been challenged with little response," he added. "On his promise for 'change,' more government debt, government bailouts.. Americans want the president and Congress to support the private sector to help the economy get back on track, without tidal waves of spending, debt, and new taxes." "They want real healthcare reform without a government takeover," Kyl also said. "Does anyone really believe that creating a new trillion-dollar Washington-run healthcare bureaucracy will reduce costs? When in history has a new government program ever reduced deficits?" But Gibbs said in a Tuesday briefing, "The President is mindful of that and the President wants to work with Republicans that want to work with him. But again, I think that part of that has got to be -- you got to have people that want to work with the President rather than try to look at this as scoring political points in a Washington game." Obama has devoted the past days to speeches calling for support for his healthcare agenda, which he declared only weeks into his assumption of office "cannot wait, must not wait, and will not wait another year." Since his last presser in June, Democrats have made gains in moving a healthcare bill in Congress, but passage of any of several measures underway by August remains unclear. A bill has passed the committee markup stage in both the House and the Senate. And hospitals have agreed give $155 billion in Medicare and Medicaid savings over the next decade to help pay for the overhaul, adding to the agreement with drug companies last month to contribute House $80 billion in prescription drug savings for seniors over the next decade. But the deficit has also surpassed the $1 trillion-mark, and unemployment has risen to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent nationwide --- and over 10 percent in 15 states including the nation's capital. Moreover, increased public concerns about the economy captured in June polls seemed to have turned into a drop in approval ratings for the President. A new Washington Post-ABC poll shows public approval on his handling of healthcare falling below 50 percent for the first time, and his ratings on other issues such as the economy dropping over the summer. Obama has repeatedly said healthcare needs to be fixed so the economy can get back on track. He has also taken to assuring Americans that his healthcare proposal will not add to the deficit over the next decade and will eventually help lower the deficit by slowing Medicare and Medicaid costs. He wants a bill passed by August, but did not repeat that deadline last Friday, when he said in a tough speech, "Make no mistake: if we step back from this challenge -- at this moment -- we are consigning our children to a future of skyrocketing premiums and crushing deficits... those who are betting against this happening this year are badly mistaken. We will reform health care. It will happen this year." On Monday, the President said on PBS' "The Newshour" the bill may not be passed by August, but that he still wants the reforms implemented. Congress is due to take a month-long break on Aug. 10. The House Ways and Means Committee early Friday passed a $1 trillion healthcare bill that includes a public option plan and a surcharge ranging from 1 to 5.4 percent on the 1.2 percent wealthiest Americans. It is one of several several efforts by Democrats in Congress to overhaul healthcare, one of the top priorities of the Obama administration in its first year. Passage came the same day the American Medical Association declared its support for the bill, and two days after Senate Democrats successfully moved another healthcare proposal costing $600 billion past the Senate Health Committee. Obama, who last month pitched his plan for a public healthcare program and became the first commander-in-chief to speak before the AMA since Ronald Reagan in 1983, said he was "grateful" for the support. The House bill, crafted by the Ways Committee along with two other panels, Education and Energy, allows the uninsured or those who want a new healthcare plan will have the same choices that members of Congress have, and the option of getting a public insurance plan or another offered by private companies. About half of the costs of the legislation will be paid for through reforms and savings in Medicare and Medicaid, including eliminating $156 billion in overpayments to private Medicaid Advantage plans over 10 years. The remainder will be covered by a graduated surcharge on families earning more than $350,000, which make up about 1.2 percent of the wealthiest Americans according to Democrats. The surcharge "ensures that middle-class Americans will see no tax increases," according to Democrats. It works by taxing 1 percent on those earning between $350,000 and $500,000, 1.5 percent on those with incomes between $500,000 and $1,000,000, and 5.4 percent for those earning more than $1,000,000. The measure also requires employers to either offer coverage to employees while contributing toward the premiums, or pay a fee to the government equivalent to 8 percent of their workers' payroll. Small businesses with less than $250,000 in annual payroll are exempted from both requirements. In the Senate, a $600 billion measure crafted by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and that also has an option for government insurance plan was approved by the Senate Health Committee last week. Obama had touted the 160 Republican amendments in it, but Republicans said they had been "shut out of the drafting process" and that of the "hundreds of amendments" they filed, nearly all of those accepted "merely tinkered around the edges." Copyright © 2003 - 2009 AHN - All rights reserved.Redistribution, republication. syndication, rewriting or broadcast is prohibited without the prior written consent of AHN.License AHN news for your website, business, digital signage network or publication. Home | News Briefs | U.S. | World | Entertainment | Sports | Business | Health | Sci / Tech | Politics | Weird / Offbeat © 2009 AHN Client Login | Submit News | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Contact | Content Services All Rights Reserved

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