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    Pelosi: GOP repeal of Obamacare is 'unrealistic'

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Minority leader Nancy Pelosi says House Democrats are happy to debate dismantling Obamacare, but repeal is unrealistic.

    In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" slated to air Sunday, Pelosi says Republicans from Mitt Romney to members of Congress are "being the mouthpiece of the health care industry" when they talk about reversing the Affordable Care Act.

    Pelosi says the act puts people "in charge of how they receive coverage and health care."

    She said Republicans "will ask for repeal, repeal of all the things ... that help children, help young adults, help seniors, help men or women who may have prostate cancer, breast cancer, whatever it is, any precondition. And everybody will have lower rates, better quality care and better access."

    "So that's what they want to repeal," she said. "we're happy to have that debate."

    The Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a highly anticipated decision issued on Thursday.

    The House is scheduled to vote to overturn the law on July 9. The vote will largely be symbolic since the Democrats control the Senate. But it will put lawmakers on record for the upcoming political campaign.

     

    10,485 comments

    • tina-marie  •  6 hrs ago
      Impose new health care santions on all congressmen,no more special health care! No more special pensions!
      • roger 6 hrs ago
        No, congress exempted themselves that is how great this plan is.
      • Daniel 6 hrs ago
        Congress exempts themselves from OSHA, OEO, and this crazy new law, among other things.
      • TELL ME ANOTHER LIE 5 hrs ago
        Hey all of you Rightwing retards and reactionaries: what is the problem that the American People cannot have the right to Medical Care? Do you think that the only correct way is why the medical industry rips you off?
    • brian  •  Southfield, Michigan  •  10 hrs ago
      Which politician will stand up and say they should all have the same heallthcare and retirement benifits that the voters have ? WHY don't the friggin tv interviewers ask them these questions ? C'mon fox news Ask them in the tv shows how they can answer these questions...hardball them and show them up to be the scumbags that they all are.
      • CONNIE 9 hrs ago
        Oh a union worker .... one of the lucky ones who has been provided with a waiver from our "lets do the right thing" president.
      • J 8 hrs ago
        Lets do it!!!!!!!!! Everyone has to make sure fox ask these questions!!!!!!!!!! Write to fox everyone on here. Then lets see what happens.
      • Joeseph 8 hrs ago
        I LOVE the way you say FOX news should ask these questions. It is a given that any of the other news stations are NOT on the average Americans side in this matter. ALL the other news stations are reporting what Obama tells them to.
    • Freedom7  •  4 hrs ago
      The Government should have a taste of their own medicine and get only SS like the rest.
      • Gary 1 hr 16 mins ago
        Freedom7........You Retards get only SS because you have destroyed the Unions.
      • dontwanabe 1 hr 8 mins ago
        No wonder Hedley Lamar's comment was hidden due to low rating. It was a bigoted racist comment that should not see the light of day.
      • sparky 1 hr 7 mins ago
        unions gave you 40 hr weeks, decent pay for decent work, and fair treatment by your employers, and you hate them for it. Why?
    • don't tread on me  •  6 hrs ago
      It's time to take the benefits away from being a greedy government official. for every dollar in pay raises they give themselves we should be taxing them two dollars. They make investments based on insider knowledge before the rest of us have information available.
      • Frank 38 5 hrs ago
        that's how rommey made his money: insider trading.
      • mdkn 4 hrs ago
        No, that's how Nancy made her money.
      • tliarch 4 hrs ago
        nancy pelosi....is the minion of the devil.
    • Texan  •  Henderson, Texas  •  12 hrs ago
      Anything those Washington idiots vote on for us, they should be forced to have the same rules apply to them! That is only fair. We pay their salaries, health care and they draw it after they retire. They work for us!! Something really wrong with this picture!!!!
      • Indydon 12 hrs ago
        You have the idea!
      • Gerd 12 hrs ago
        Mr. Robert. I hope you stay forever. You seems to have very low education, due to langage that is being used by people who work in junkyard. My daughter is 7 and she does not use that kind of characterization of old ladies. Do you call your mother "Old hag"?
      • Terry 12 hrs ago
        this from someone who voted for the bill before reading it. she doesn't have a clue !
    • John  •  2 hrs 31 mins ago
      Most of the early presidents in this country like Jefferson died broke. Now they die filthy rich.
    • Kathy Latimer  •  Seneca Falls, New York  •  13 hrs ago
      When will we all get together and say no more special health insurance and special retirement for congress and the senate. It's time we stick together and stop this. THEY WORK FOR US.
    • CG  •  Peoria, Illinois  •  2 hrs 2 mins ago
      we have to pass the bill so we can see what is in it.....all time classic!....roflmfao!
    • AstroBoy  •  2 hrs 29 mins ago
      Greatest job in the world is a USA Congressman-No college educate required, paid to do very little except lie effectively, no time clock, actual days in session less than 30 per year, benefits for life, immunity from many common laws, more perks than any job available, and guaranteed wealth.
    • Paul  •  4 hrs ago
      funny ( ironic ) that this bill gets shoved down our throats and the first thing the politicians who voted for this bill do is exempt themselves and their immediate families from it
    • Jeepers Creepers read the ...  •  10 hrs ago
      American really must grow up and DEMAND that Congress respond to what we say. I want them to BAN / HALT / CEASE every lobbyist from Congress. REFUSE all campaign money from all sources and request a national vote on having a "set" amount of TV ad time for each candidate and NOT more; paid by sponsors of debates-PERIOD. Each may have a web site to state views and nothing else. ANY payment from ANY source not set in stone and approved by Americans, will result in public hanging . Abolish both "parties", as they are NOT written in the US Constitution !! INDIVIDUALS may run w/o ANY "party" affiliations and influences.
    • holly y  •  5 hrs ago
      There is no penalty for not paying the penalty for not participating...how does that work?
    • Matt  •  Minneapolis, Minnesota  •  16 mins ago
      It's getting hard to draw the line between whether Pelosi is lying or is stupid.

      "And everybody will have lower rate." No, no one will have lower rates. The CBO said it will cost $2T instead of $1T, and that's if you believe they have it estimated properly this time. This is adding cost burden into the system, rather than helping take cost out.

      Pelosi says the act puts people "in charge of how they receive coverage and health care." Here at least she isn't lying. She believes that government is acting on behalf of the people, so government being in control of healthcare is the same as you and I.
    • .  •  24 mins ago
      The only thing unrealistic I see is Pelosi's plastic face.
    • charles  •  6 mins ago
      Could pelosi be as ugly on the inside as she is on the outside?? Frightening thought.....is it even possible??
    • InZane  •  7 mins ago
      Nurse practitioners and PAs should open clinics of their own and be allowed to diagnose and prescribe.......with proper licensing. If this were to happen, it would increase competition and you would see prices go down. Couldn't this be part of an over-all solution to our healthcare cost and accessibility problems???
    • FlBiker  •  15 mins ago
      If Nancy Pelosi gets one more face lift, she's going to have a "beard".
    • Independent Voter  •  24 mins ago
      When will this no nothing finally admit she is done in politics. She is no longer respected as a vial member of Congress or respected by her peers, an she is certainly disliked bet the majority of the country. We will never forget her stupid, ignorant remark about the passing of the Affordable Care Act. Eveytime I hear her speak, I cringe at the stupidity that comes out of her mouth.
    • geniusandinsanitywalkdown ...  •  Tallahassee, Florida  •  1 hr 49 mins ago
      Now that we have seen the bill and know what is in it, we dont like it (and we dont like her either)!
    • leroy  •  3 mins 41 secs ago
      Muslims are exemp from this bill I think i will become a muslim like obama
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