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34. "If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep...
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:55 AM
Oct 2013

your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what." June 2009


“If somebody has insurance they like, they should be able to keep that insurance. If they have a doctor that they like, they should be able to keep their doctor.” Barack Obama, YouTube, March 6, 2009

“The plans you are discussing embody my core belief that Americans should have better choices for health insurance, building on the principle that if they like the coverage they have now, they can keep it, …” Barack Obama, Letter to Senate Democrat Leaders, June 2, 2009

“Americans must have the freedom to keep whatever doctor and health care plan they have…” Barack Obama, Remarks on Health Care, Washington, D.C., June 11, 2009

“No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what. My view is that health care reform should be guided by a simple principle: fix what’s broken and build on what works.” Barack Obama, Address to the AMA, June 15, 2009

“There’s no doubt that we have to preserve what’s best in the health care system, and that means allowing Americans who like their doctor and like their health care plan to keep their plan. And that’s going to be a priority for us.” Barack Obama, Remarks at Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA, July 1, 2009

“I know a lot of Americans who are satisfied with their health care right now are wondering what reform would mean for them, so let me be clear: If you like your doctor or health care provider, you can keep them. If you like your health care plan, you can keep that too.” Barack Obama, Remarks on Health Care, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2009

“And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what. My view is that health care reform should be guided by a simple principle: fix what’s broken and build on what works.” Barack Obama, Holmdel, NJ, July 16, 2009

“Those who oppose reform will also tell you that under our plan, you won’t get to choose your doctor, that some bureaucrat will choose for you. That’s also not true. Michelle and I don’t want anyone telling us who our family’s doctor should be, and no one should decide that for you either. Under our proposals, if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period. End of story.” Barack Obama, Weekly Address, July 18, 2009

“If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.” Barack Obama, Town Hall Meeting, August 11, 2009

“No matter what you’ve heard, if you like your doctor or health care plan, you can keep it.” Barack Obama, Weekly Radio Address, August 15, 2009

“If you like your doctor, you’re going to be able to keep your doctor. If you like your plan, keep your plan. I don’t believe we should give government or the insurance companies more control over health care in America. I think it’s time to give you, the American people, more control over your health.” Barack Obama, Speech George Mason University, March 19, 2009

“If you already have health insurance through your job — and because many of you are members of unions, you do — nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change your coverage or your doctor. Let me repeat: Nothing in this plan will require you to change your coverage or your doctor.” Barack Obama, Address to the AFL-CIO Convention, September 15, 2009

http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2013/08/05/airbrushing-away-the-numerous-false-promises-of-obama-care/

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Your employer and your insurance company have always been able to take away JoePhilly Oct 2013 #1
Exactly. For the next 2 years, EVERY HC related issue will be blamed on "Obamacare" BlueStreak Oct 2013 #2
The good news will be that the ACA has basically broken up much of the State level monopolies JoePhilly Oct 2013 #5
Not all of them, but progress nonetheless BlueStreak Oct 2013 #45
problem is the speeches the President was making didn't detail it. What he said was you can keep lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #7
So true. cilla4progress Oct 2013 #12
They really have to fix these oversights ASAP lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #15
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #3
my replacement policy PasadenaTrudy Oct 2013 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #8
No, some just discovered they had no insurance. They had been sold a bill of goods. Mass Oct 2013 #9
Or, they had a "catastrophic" insurance policy which really isn't "health insurance." CTyankee Oct 2013 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #64
Or, they find it quite adequate until something actually happens. haele Oct 2013 #69
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #35
many people see the following as a bit more than "implied" solarhydrocan Oct 2013 #18
"Implied" is not a synonym for "stated" cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #62
Oh, you again Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #63
That is still nothing different from what the insurers were already doing. JoePhilly Oct 2013 #44
That's a good question. Joe Scar had a field day with it on MJ today... CTyankee Oct 2013 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #11
Ya think? eom cilla4progress Oct 2013 #13
Isn't part of it too that the better substitute can be a lot more expensive? I can't imagine Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2013 #46
that seems to be the problem, altho some people would say they don't want the enhancements. CTyankee Oct 2013 #66
This implies you had insurance. Some of these contracts were insurance in name only. Mass Oct 2013 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #14
Suing for the old contracts not being what they thought they were buying. Mass Oct 2013 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #37
I don't know..mine was through the state, and it worked well for me. cilla4progress Oct 2013 #16
You were lucky not to have been seriously ill. I had breast cancer a few years ago and I was happy Mass Oct 2013 #20
I suppose one of the challenges cilla4progress Oct 2013 #22
Welp, TBH, he shouldn't have said that. Adrahil Oct 2013 #21
But his advisers could very well have said that saying" qualified plans" would look like a CTyankee Oct 2013 #23
Maybe he could have been clearer, but ecstatic Oct 2013 #24
Then my dream would be that Prez Obama would say, "OK, folks. Let's try another approach... CTyankee Oct 2013 #25
As a public option? Yes, that would have been great ecstatic Oct 2013 #27
well, I'll bet that you are right that PBO regrets trying to compromise as it was a doomed CTyankee Oct 2013 #30
Employers changed policies or dropped coverage altogether by decreasing blm Oct 2013 #28
we just got our new insurance at work. littlewolf Oct 2013 #29
HHS seems to be stepping into pile of shit. That agency wrote the REG on bluestate10 Oct 2013 #31
This is very interesting. cilla4progress Oct 2013 #53
As in all things, people hear what they want to hear matt819 Oct 2013 #32
No, people heard what they actually heard cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #33
Disagree matt819 Oct 2013 #47
"If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep... leftstreet Oct 2013 #34
Um... we HAVE SoCalDem Oct 2013 #38
there are definitely certain issues that need to be addressed cynannmarie Oct 2013 #39
Folks like you cilla4progress Oct 2013 #57
This is taking 'parsing' to an entirely new level. randome Oct 2013 #41
^^^^^THIS IS....^^^^^^ Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #42
Exactly. It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #43
As far as I know mine hasn't EVEN cilla4progress Oct 2013 #60
Every person in this country knew he was full of shit when he said that. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #48
Wha? cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #49
Yes, everyone paying attention knew it was a lie. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #54
Don't pull the concern troll attitude with me. I support ACA and I don't ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2013 #50
No high horse here. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #51
And I by mine. n/t ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2013 #52
Just to clarify. You paid attention to the ACA debate and thought it was an honest comment? nt NCTraveler Oct 2013 #55
No, I was pointing out that we weren't talking about it, thereby ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2013 #58
YES! cilla4progress Oct 2013 #61
You believed that, but didn't believe other staments by him that contradicted it? nt. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #65
Such as? eom cilla4progress Oct 2013 #67
I for one heard PBO make that statement about keeping your insurance several times and I did not CTyankee Oct 2013 #68
Fair enough. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #70
I must confess that I was not a prescient as you were about this. However, I do wonder if my guess CTyankee Oct 2013 #71
Think Progress debunked NBC's report on insurance cancellations, and there is more ProSense Oct 2013 #56
He was wrong? Is it possible for the POTUS to be incorrect? Rex Oct 2013 #59
Unfortunately … 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2013 #72
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