Bachmann, Other GOP 'Mother Bears' Decry Health Care Reform, Long Fast-Food Lines

Why offer more people health insurance, Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) asked at a press conference Friday, if they might lengthen waits for doctors and otherwise increase the "hassle factor" for her?

"That's like having a mother bear protecting her little cubs, and she's seeing that she has to move heaven and earth to get her child what her child needs," Bachmann said, referring to the health care reforms being debated by Congress. "We'll do it if we have to, but why put ourselves in that situation?"

Near the end of a tumultuous week of delays for health care bills in both houses of Congress, Bachmann and a handful of other House Republican women said at a press conference that as far as they were concerned, any reform would just make things tougher for them.

"I think most all of us here have had the opportunity to take our kids to a fast-food restaurant," said Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.). "We want to get a good dinner, and you walk in and there's 50 people there and it seems like everybody in line wants to buy food for their soccer team or whatever. The American people aren't particularly good at standing in line, but that's exactly what's going to happen if this health care plan goes through."

"Any mother," Bachmann said, would do whatever it takes to get "the high-quality health care that her child needs... As a mother of five biological children and as a foster mother to 23 children, there is nothing more important to me than to make sure that my children have high-quality health care when they need health care."

Millions of other children, however, do not have the resources that Members of Congress enjoy. New U.S. Census data document that more than 8.1 million, or one in nine, American children did not have health insurance in 2007. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, nearly 20 percent of the uninsured in the U.S. are children.

The 2007 Census numbers marked a slight improvement over 2006, but still recorded 428,000 more children uninsured than in 2004, the last year the number of uninsured children decreased.

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[bikenutt]

This is what you will always hear from disconnected, wealthy GOP talking heads. The simple fact of the matter is these people have never been without and therefore do not really speak for the majority of U.S. citizens. I actually find it refreshing to see a Prez who knows our health care is in need of revision.

[solarian]

insane one what kind of health care do you have

[LetsGetToWork]

1st Class as a Rep, and State sponsored as a foster parent.

[bobncar]

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[donna16]

I think anything this women has to say should be put under the comedy section>

[Whinger]

I hear tell that GOP women howl at the full moon, it's too bright for their wide staring eyes!

[PhillyQuaker]

The American people aren't particularly good at standing in line.
They are pretty good at sitting in line waiting to be seen in the emergency room because their health problems have reached the crisis stage..

[mrskorn]

I think most states have Chip now, which covers low income children. I am guessing, I haven't looked up the info, that those children that aren't insured are children of illegal immigrants, children from families making enough money to buy their own insurance but choose not to, or children from families who are eligible for Chip but haven't enrolled. Working with the inner city population, we had many families who were eligible, but didn't fill out the paperwork for whatever reason. It was surprising to me that they didn't take advantage of it and unfortunate for the children who didn't get the services they needed.

[zeezan]

It is perfectly clear that at least part of your comment is true: you are guessing and haven't looked up the info.

[Thundercloud65]

I wish they would invent a duct tape ray so her handlers could do their job and zap her mouth shut.

[Max01]

Maybe Judy, batty bachmann want-to-be, needs a permanent vacation from Congress. She voted against Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007-CHIP...what a gal.

" I think most all of us here have had the opportunity to take our kids to a fast-food restaurant," said Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.). "We want to get a good dinner, and you walk in and there's 50 people there and it seems like everybody in line wants to buy food for their soccer team or whatever. The American people aren't particularly good at standing in line, but that's exactly what's going to happen if this health care plan goes through."

Scary stuff, Judy....NOT. Many Americans stand in line for healthcare, public transportation, whatever, and we're not even on soccer teams.

Scott Harper(D) is running for her seat in 2010. Let's help Scott show Judy, Judy, Judy the door.

[Cheryl2]

I cannot believe the selfishness and greed these women display. Is America a land of plenty because only a few can get it? It appears that is their view of our country. As long as they can get it who cares about anyone one else. Spoiled children also think this way. I am ashamed for them.

[CloseToTheEdge]

Wow, a talking horse.

[JonnyTruant]

So... let me get this straight. She's complaining that she might have to wait in line if more people are able to go to the doctor? She she supports HMOs dropping thousands of people so that there is less competition for the precious little appointment time doctors have. Yeah...

We have plenty of doctors. What we need is to get people out of emergency rooms and to primary care physicians. That will shorten lines for all of us, and save us all money. LOTS of money. And more people will likely want to get back into the primary care business if they can finally make a decent income again.

[den1953]

The Government should sent these Republican whack jobs over as a good will group to reform the Taliban after two weeks of listening to these nit wits they would surrender !

[NOV42008]

Remember the movie "Annie"? Someone need to interview these children, the foster mom was not very nice to the children.

[NOV42008]

23 foster children? Now I understand why the census is so dear to her, she is triple counting. IRS investigate this lady.