House Republican Conference Radio Row: Republican Know U.S. Needs Health Care Reform, But Not From Democrats Says Wyoming Rep.

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) says that Republicans know that America's health care system needs reform, but says they don't agree with the Democrats on how to go about it. (0:14)
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House Republican Conference Radio Row: Obama Broke Campaign Promise By Denying Transparency

Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.) accused President Barack Obama of breaking a campaign pledge by not providing sufficient transparency in the formation of health care reform legislation.

“If you remember candidate Obama said 'when I introduce this health care legislation and we go to negotiate it, we’re going to negoatiate in the open, it’s going to be a transparent process. I’ll even put it on C-SPAN, so the American people can see who’s around the table,"' said Westmoreland. (0:30)
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House Republican Conference Radio Row: U.S. Can't Afford Proposed Health Care Bills, Says Ohio Republican

Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) says Congress originally wanted to get health care costs under control and make health care more affordable, but explains the current health care reform proposals will make health care more expensive than what is currently in place. (0:14)
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House Republican Conference Radio Row: Georgia Republican Charges Lack Of Transparency Over Health Care Bill

Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.) says the house health care reform bill was drafted without sufficient transparency

"The process is closed," said Westmoreland. (0:12)
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"No Way House Health Care Bill Is Deficit Neutral" Says Former CBO Director

Former Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Holtz-Eakin says Monday during a conference call that the House's healthcare bill is not deficit neutral and will not be fiscally sustainable over time. (0:13)
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Former CBO Director: Democrats Not Being Honest About Healthcare Costs

Former Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Holtz-Eakin says Monday during a conference call that House Democrats are using gimmicks to fabricate the actual costs of their health care legislation. (0:25)
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Disabled Americans Deserve Health Insurance Says Senior White House Advisor

Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett says disabled Americans deserve to have health care insurance regardless of whether they are able to work or not. (0:20)
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Boehner Blasts Length Of House Healthcare Bill

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) says he'd like to know “how we are going to fix our health care system with 1,990 pages of bureaucracy?” Boehner adds that he thinks Republicans have better solutions for a health care bill. (00:15)
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Boehner Says Americans Don't Want Public Option

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) believes the American people don’t want a government-run health care plan. “Yet the Democrats come forward with a bill that really has a government takeover for our health care system,” says Boehner. (00:28)
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McCain: Republicans Should Have A Say Over Health Reform

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says Wednesday on the Senate floor that Republicans should have a say in the crafting of health care reform legislation. (0:15)
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Government-Run Insurance Will Defeat Private Insurers Says McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says Wednesday on the Senate floor that Republicans should have a say in the crafting of health care reform legislation. (0:13)
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Mitch McConnell: Public Option Will End Private Insurance

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says Wednesday on the Senate floor that a government-owned and operated insurance plan would create debt and put private insurers out of business. (0:26)
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Senate Minority Leader: Public Option Is A Bad Idea

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the American public is not in favor of a public option plan, and calls its inclusion in the Senate's healthcare bill a bad idea. (0:14)
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New Mexico Senator Says Health Reform Must Benefit Rural America

Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) says Wednesday on the Senate floor that health care reform must strive to meet the unique needs of rural communities in America. (0:24)
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Public Option Won't Discriminate Says Ohio Senator

Says Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio.), “The public option will not use pre-existing conditions, [it] won't discriminate against women who have had c-sections or women who have been victims of domestic violence and call that a pre-existing condition.” (00:34)
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Ohio Senator Rails Against High Salaries For Health Insurance CEO's

Says Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), “Health insurance companies, their average CEO salary is into eight figures, that would be over ten million chuck." Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) follows by seconding Brown's incredulity. (00:18)

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Public Option Would Be Good For Small Businesses Says Schumer

Says Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), “Small businesses want to provide the coverage. They know it’s good for their workers, good for moral and good for keeping. They just can’t afford [health insurance] any longer and that’s why we need a public option.” (00:11)

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Schumer Worried About Skyrocketing Private Health Insurance Costs

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who supports the public option plan being pushed for by liberals in the Senate, explains that he wants to see the system reformed before health insurance premiums become too expensive for Americans. (00:33)
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Pelosi: A Robust Public Option Is The Best Option

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says during a press conference Friday that a robust public option is the best option for ensuring that healthcare reform produces competition in the insurance marketplace. However, Pelosi says that is not necessarily what will be in the House's health care bill. (0:15)
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Pelosi: House Has Flexibility On Public Option

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says that the inclusion of a robust public option is not the only way to pass healthcare reform. The Speaker says that conversations about the public option have begun to discuss weaker versions, noting that developments in the Senate to possibly include a public option have given the House more flexibility. (0:29)
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