Fresh off Thursday’s bipartisan health care summit with President Barack Obama, U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, is reiterating his call to hit the reset button on health-insurance reform. Boustany says in a statement posted on his Web site that while Republicans, Democrats and Indepenents agree on 80 percent of the solutions to bringing down health care costs, the Democrats’ reform bills in the House and Senate “focus where we disagree. Rather, we should scrap these bills, like the American people want us to, and focus on bringing down health costs.”
Boustany and Obama were seen speaking cordially following the seven-hour summit. In a prepared statement early on Thursday, Boustany offered a broad outline of the Republican fix for health care that focuses on streamlining paperwork, making health savings accounts more widely available, allowing consumers to purchase insurance across state lines, and using so-called “risk pools” to make insurance available to those with preexisting conditions.
... written by Larry "Oak" Aucoin , February 26, 2010 - 11:49 pm
Thank you congressman Boustany, keep speaking up for the majority of the public and keep fighting for us.
... written by Gee, big surprise , February 27, 2010 - 12:17 am
Boustany rehashes the standard GOP talking points and votes against health care reform. Boustany talks a good bipartisanship game, but hasn't supported a single one of President Obama's initiatives. Just another lockstep follower in the Party of No.
... written by Dddd , February 27, 2010 - 12:18 am
Where is the republican solution?
... written by Ryan , February 27, 2010 - 12:19 am
How about this district scrap Boustany?
Because of him, Medicare (and therefore you, me and everyone else) must pay through the nose for prescription drugs while the rest of the world laughs at us.
Becuase of him, our charity medical care system (and therefore you, me and everyone else) pays for a pound of cure instead of a penny of prevention.
Because of him, my tax dollars go straight to pharmaceutical-company shareholders.
Because of him, people like you and me die every day in this country, who would live in places less wealthy.
Why, again, are we putting up with filibuster obstructionism by the know-nothing, do-nothing minority?
... written by HealthCare is a monopoly and price gouging is their game. Dr. Boustany Knows, he's part of it. , February 27, 2010 - 12:26 am
I'd like to know why Representative Boustany does not give up his own Government Sponsered Socalized Medical Insurance?
I'd like to know why Rush Limbaugh described the medical treatment he received in Hawaii (who has socialized health care) the best medical care he'd ever had. (I'll give you a hint, he didn't know it was socialized health care there)
All I hear from the republicans is Wait! Stop! Hold On! Whatever you do DON'T DO ANYTHING! Yea, the last thing republicans want is for a democratically controlled government to do something right. They will do anything they can to stop the debate, stop the bill, stop ANY progress from happening at all.
Meanwhile Americans are getting screwed by the insurance companies, medical industry and the pharmaceutical companies.
Doctor Boustany would like for you to WAIT so that he and his professional peers can suck more and more of your hard earned dollars while providing less and less services.
If you think stockholders are interested in your health then you're living in a dream. If you think your health insurance has not gone up dramatically then you are not paying attention.
Tell us Dr. Boustany, will you promise us NOT to become a Pharma/Healthcare Lobbyist? I'll bet that once Boustany is done with his political shenanagans he'll step into Billy Tauzin's shoes.
Somehow I don't believe the majority of the public wants to be paying more for health insurance than they pay on their house note, but that's where we are headed, like a freight train and the Republicans don't want to put on the brakes, because the Republicans are SPONSORED BY BIG PHARMA/HEALTHCARE.
... written by Justice For All , February 27, 2010 - 12:45 am
I'm proud to have Congressman Boustany M.D. representing us; with his background in medicine he understands what our health care system needs to police itself. Insurance providers as well as medical facilities and physicians know what is most cost effective for their customers/patients without BIG government taking over the sixth largest segment of GDP. The majority says, "NO", yet dems want it all I call it socialism of a great democracy. Congressman Boustany keep fighting for us, you are the heart of America and Acadiana!
... written by Thad , February 27, 2010 - 02:09 am
Boustany and people like him are the problem. They are bought and paid for by the insurance industry. Stop standing in the way of progress you ignorant mouth-breathers.
... written by Geraldbertholl , February 27, 2010 - 06:31 am
I'm not pro/con republican nor democrat, but I find it reeks of mendacity to throw rocks at the democrats for trying. Where was his plan when the republicans were in control.
From the time of John Breaux, I have been asking my representatives to give us the same health insurance they give themselves. Either raise ours or lower theirs, nothing else is justifiable.
... written by Morrow , February 28, 2010 - 08:28 pm
The only thing I'm convinced of is that the congressman wants to keep his seat, no matter the cost. I don't for a minute believe he had the interests of the working class Louisiana citizen at heart when he ran and nothing he has done has convinced me he's anything more than a "party man". In fact, I believe in addition to his disability check, he's just working on a fat cat retirement. This trust-fund baby has no idea what real working people have to face, what obstacles they have to overcome and what it costs to insure a family or provide basic medical services for that family.
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