Tuesday, November 5, 2013

The President's ACA Lie ... Verbatim

President Obama has been denying he promised you could keep your health plan if you like it. However, on June 15, 2009, President Barack Obama said the following in a speech to the American Medical Association:
That means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.
It turns out both categorical promises are untrue. Many are losing their health plans and not a few (including me) are losing their doctors.

My source for this quote is an excellent article in National Journal, in which author Ron Fournier takes the President to task for continuing to lie about his earlier lying. Fournier sources the Obama quote to Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler.