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Title: Day 29 - The Obamacare Death March
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Published: Oct 29, 2013
Author: nolu chan
Post Date: 2013-10-29 00:45:28 by nolu chan
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Day 29 - The Obamacare Death March nolu chan - - - Obama, May 2007 Obama said it over and over and over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o65vMUk5so Obama Promises To Lower Health Insurance Premiums by $2,500 Per Year "I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premium by up to $2,500 a year." Politifact rates this as "Promise Broken." Updated: Friday, August 31st, 2012 | By J.B. Wogan Back in 2008, we collected over 50 promises Barack Obama made about health care. He kept many of them, including signing universal health care into law and closing the doughnut hole for Medicare Part D. When it came to health care premiums for the typical family, Obama said he would cut the annual cost by $2,500. Months before Obama took office, a New York Times reporter dubbed it one of the most audacious pledges of the campaign. We reached out to David Cutler, an economist who advised Obama during the 2008 campaign and helped calculate the $2,500 figure that appeared in Obama's speeches. He said the calculation encompassed total health care costs, not just premiums. These would include out-of-pocket costs, employer-provided insurance costs, and taxes to pay for public insurance programs. Cutler acknowledged that Obama made "occasional misstatements” that tied the $2,500 reduction to premiums and not total medical spending. We can't judge whether Obama misspoke, but we checked the Project Vote Smart database of public statements by politicians, which shows that Obama said premiums (and only premiums) would go down for the typical or average family by $2,500 repeatedly. You can see examples throughout the arc of his 2008 presidential campaign here, here, here, and here. It is also true that Obama used the number in a more expansive context sometimes, such as here during a speech in Newport News, Va, and here in a response to a report about Medicare and Social Security. [snip] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLrlFL67lo The Lies That Grew Up To Be Obamacare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewCADLpRh00 Judge Jeanine Pirro - Opening Statement - DESTROYS Obamacare Website Disaster & Administration! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcnYLjjdXPU NBC: Consumers Facing Sticker Shock Due To ObamaCare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQx-pbhhNxA Obamacare Causing People To Lose Insurance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGO0KfyPx0E Shaheen: 'Rollout Has Been a Disaster,' Extend Obamacare enrollment period Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D., N.H.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSo3ee-aeMw Rogers: Obamacare Is Not Secure, May Have To Redesign Entire System Rep. Mike Rogers, (R., MI) Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTUJK--zUwA Manchin: Nobody should be forced to buy more expensive, inferior policy under Obamacare Published on Oct 27, 2013 Sen. Joe Manchin (D, WV): Manchin: Nobody should be forced to buy more expensive, inferior policy under Obamacare
October 29, 2013 
If you already have health insurance, the only thing that will change for you under this plan is the amount of money you will spend on premiums. That will be less than you're spending now.”
Cut the cost of a typical family's health insurance premium by up to $2,500 a year
No cut in premiums for typical family
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Oct. 27, 2013
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Thank You for posting these articles. Been real busy at work lately. Keep up the good work.
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