Repeal Health Care? Give Up Your Own First!

A message from CREDO Action:  For two years, GOP leaders in Congress fought tooth and nail to oppose health care reform. They did their best to keep tens of millions without coverage, decrying any effort to help citizens as "socialist," "fascist" or some other equally baffling "ist."

Incredibly, now that they are the majority, their first act will be to vote to repeal health care reform that gives affordable care to 32 million Americans. And yet, when it comes to their own coverage, Republicans in Congress are not only using government-sponsored health care, they even whined about having had to wait for it.¹

As the Republicans are gearing up to appease Tea Party extremists and vote to repeal health care reform for Americans who need it, Senator Chuck Schumer is calling the GOP on their hypocrisy, and calling on them to give up their government-sponsored health care:
     "It was a central value to us when we passed health care, and a central value to the American people, that members of Congress should get the same health care as everyone else. It seems unfair that house Republicans want to deprive middle-class Americans of the same health care as members of Congress but to keep it for themselves."
     "Will Eric Cantor urge every Republican who is going to be for repeal to not take government health care themselves and to drop their existing health care?"²
     We think he should, and applaud Schumer for his challenge. Write Eric Cantor, and ask him if he will practice what he preaches — and ask other GOP members to do the same. Click here to automatically sign this petition.

Thanks for all you do.
Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action
¹John Marshall, Talking Points Memo — November 15, 2010 
²Huffington Post, January 4, 2011

Clicking here will add your name to this petition to Eric Cantor and Republican leaders: I am calling on you and your fellow Republicans in Congress to practice what you preach, and to give up your government-sponsored health care. For two years, you opposed any effort at reasonable reform, and derided attempts to help tens of millions of uninsured Americans as 'socialist.' And yet, you seem to have no problem at all accepting government-sponsored health care for yourselves. Practice what you preach, and stop being hypocrites. You want to repeal health care reform? Fine — start by 'repealing' your own!