Democrats are paying no attention to the public fear and resistance to their proposal to reform health care.
At least that is what Republicans are saying in their weekly address.
The GOP tapped Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., to continue the party’s drumbeat of opposition to several massive health care proposals Democrats are trying to push through congress.
“Their message has been loud, and it has been clear,” Isakson said Saturday. “They don’t like the direction of this health care debate is headed in.”
Isakson honed in on the provisions in the Democratic proposals that have most stirred up the public, planned cuts to Medicare and tax increases.
“If you have insurance, you get taxed, if you don’t have insurance, you get taxed, if you’re an employer who cannot afford to provide health insurance to your employees, you get taxed,” he said.
Isakson said Democrats “ignored” the public’s concerns about the bill when they unveiled their latest legislation in the Senate, which includes tax increases and cuts to Medicare and “looks an awful lot like the Democrats’ earlier proposals.”
President Obama, meanwhile, took a pass on discussing health care this week, using his Saturday address to talk about his efforts at the United Nations and the G-20 economic summit in Pittsburgh. He also offered more warnings to Iran in response to evidence that it is building a secret nuclear facility to enrich uranium, saying the country “must now cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and take action to demonstrate its peaceful intentions.”
Obama called Iran’s actions “disturbing” but also said the door was open for “serious, meaningful dialogue to resolve this issue.”
