Alexander, Corker criticized passage of Senate Bill healthcare
Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander
issued a statement this morning saying that the Senate approved a bill on health care is full of “sweetheart agreements” to increase taxes and damage education.
Fellow Republican Senator Bob Corker said the bill is “flawed” and called for bipartisanship.
The bill was approved by 60-39 vote, still needs to be done by legislation through the house together.
«The health bill the Senate will be a historic mistake if this or similar will eventually be signed by the president,” said Alexander, is chairman of the Senate Republican Conference.
“Congress established the costs of health care to Americans and Democrats were able to reduce to do the opposite. Your written-in-secrecy bill would raise health insurance premiums, taxes and increase Medicare-dump millions of Americans on Medicaid.
«For Tennessee Medicaid would be extended and the declaration of” sweetheart deals “cost our state more than 0 million over five years, if fully implemented, forcing tax increases or damage higher education or both.
“Instead, we have begun to move and should have a step-by-step to reduce spending on health with the help of steps, the Republicans have repeatedly proposed: Let small businesses pool their resources for health insurance, allowing the market. on health insurance across state lines, end junk lawsuits based physicians, eliminate waste, fraud and abuse, to expand health savings and promote wellness and prevention “
Corker said in a statement:” I have almost three years and countless hours in meetings bipartisan reforms that will enable all Americans to affordable, private access to health insurance spending.
“I wanted a bipartisan health reform bill that will stand the test of time. Instead, we were forced to vote for 2,000-plus page, fundamentally wrong, biased account of the expanded Medicaid by billions of unfunded mandates to the states, taking away 4 billion from Medicare and uses them to create a new privilege, use budget gimmickry to hide the real costs, the federal government increases the cost and actually causes Americans to increase taxes and premium person
«It’s my sincere hope that Congress in 2010 back more willing to work in a bipartisan fashion, and my work. on financial regulatory reform gives me hope that this is possible . “
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