Assessment from the office of Republican Leader John Boehner: During today's White House health care summit, President Obama made this claim:  "What we've done is we've tried to take every single cost containment idea that's out there.  Every proposal that health care economists say will reduce health care costs, we've tried to adopt in the various proposals."

No, not so much.

Despite the President's rhetoric, Democrats' job-killing health care proposals do not implement a single major GOP reform that would lower costs for families and small businesses.  Yes, Washington Democrats have recently begun incorporating into their rhetoric a few of the same words Republicans have long used.  But when you dig beneath the newly-minted rhetoric and actually look at the text of their bills, it quickly becomes evident that they haven't actually incorporated any of the major health care reforms Republicans support.  

Of course, even if these GOP reforms were incorporated, they would still be attached to legislation that includes job-killing tax hikes, deep cuts to Medicare, massive unfunded mandates on states, unconstitutional mandates on individuals, an "abortion premium" levied on taxpayers, vast new powers for the federal bureaucracy, and other unacceptable provisions the American people reject.

Initial reviews of the President's costly, job-killing health care proposal revealed it didn't include any new GOP ideas:

"Mr. Obama's plan, released ahead of a televised health summit with congressional leaders Thursday, didn't include any additional nods to Republican ideas." (The Wall Street Journal, 2/23/10)

"Obama's proposal was not the blank slate demanded by the GOP and was short on new ideas aimed at winning their support." (The Hill, 2/22/10)

"President Obama's `opening bid' on health reform is not designed to entice Republicans to join the game." (Washington Post editorial, 2/23/10)