KANSAS CITY, MO -
Three Republican senators came to Children's Mercy Hospital Monday to meet with health care professionals. Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell said we should focus on only the problems that need fixing and not revamp the whole thing.
Senator McConnell joined Senators John McCain and Kit Bond before an invited crowd of mostly health professionals on Monday.
"We have committed an act of generational death by laying on our children, grandchildren these multi-trillions of dollars," Sen. McCain said.
"All of it, it strikes me argues once again for a much more targeted, incremental approach to health care reform," Sen. McConnell said.
John Bluford, CEO of Truman Medical Center, told about caring for illegal immigrants who need kidney dialysis.
"We are providing services and paying a private provider over $500 thousand just for four or five patients," Bluford said.
"Clearly it argues for immigration reform, it argues for securing our borders," Sen. McCain said.
A pediatrician asked about coverage for the working poor and McCain renewed a campaign theme: tax credits.
"So they can go anywhere, not just in Missouri, not just in Arizona and get the health insurance that suits them and their family best," Sen. McCain said.
Sen. McConnell said he hopes Congress will step back and start over.
"And target the individual problems that we know we have related to cost and access and drop the notion of putting the government in charge of all american health care," Sen. McConnell said.
Senator McConnell said he hopes they can start over in a bipartisan fashion when Congress reconvenes next Tuesday.
Senator McConnell joined Senators John McCain and Kit Bond before an invited crowd of mostly health professionals on Monday.
"We have committed an act of generational death by laying on our children, grandchildren these multi-trillions of dollars," Sen. McCain said.
"All of it, it strikes me argues once again for a much more targeted, incremental approach to health care reform," Sen. McConnell said.
John Bluford, CEO of Truman Medical Center, told about caring for illegal immigrants who need kidney dialysis.
"We are providing services and paying a private provider over $500 thousand just for four or five patients," Bluford said.
"Clearly it argues for immigration reform, it argues for securing our borders," Sen. McCain said.
A pediatrician asked about coverage for the working poor and McCain renewed a campaign theme: tax credits.
"So they can go anywhere, not just in Missouri, not just in Arizona and get the health insurance that suits them and their family best," Sen. McCain said.
Sen. McConnell said he hopes Congress will step back and start over.
"And target the individual problems that we know we have related to cost and access and drop the notion of putting the government in charge of all american health care," Sen. McConnell said.
Senator McConnell said he hopes they can start over in a bipartisan fashion when Congress reconvenes next Tuesday.
