Another Stunning Reversal In President Obama’s Talking Points On Obamacare

There are only two scenarios here.

1. He's a liar.

2. He didn't even bother to read his own legislation which bears his name.

(I'll go with liar even though I doubt he read his own bill)

Nixon lied about Watergate, it was a stupid thing to do, but no one was hurt, and in the real scheme of things (Watergate vs Benghazi) not really that big of a deal. He was forced to resign. 

Clinton lied…"I never had sex with that woman" and faced impeachment but again no one beside the immediate participants suffered any pain. 

Barry promised Americans "You can keep your plan period" he lied and millions will lose their insurance. Many millions more will lose their insurance when the employer mandate kicks in. When you compare what he's done to the other two…well there is no comparison.

 Yes Democrats may take a hit in the midterms but what happens to Barry? 

Evidently not a damn thing.

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, at an Organizing for Action grassroots supporter event in Washington, November 4, 2013.


For the second time in as many months, President Barack Obama has dramatically changed his communications strategy for coping with the troubled rollout of his signature legislation.

In an interview Thursday with NBC's Chuck Todd, the President apologized for the fact that some people in the individual insurance market had found their health plans canceled under the new law, in violation of Obama's promise that "if you like your plan, you can keep it."

"Even though it's a small percentage of folks who may be disadvantaged, you know, it means a lot to them," Obama said Thursday. "And it's scary to them. And I am sorry that they, you know, are finding themselves in this situation, based on assurances they got from me." He also hinted that he would support efforts, possibly through legislation, to address the problem.


The statement came after more than a week of attempts by the administration to obfuscate the hardship faced by some people who were being forced under the law to pay more for new insurance plans they did not choose. On Oct. 30, during a speech in Boston, Obama claimed falsely that anyone bought insurance as an individual would "be getting a better deal" under the Affordable Care Act. "So anyone peddling the notion that insurers are canceling peoples' plan without mentioning that almost all the insurers are encouraging people to join better plans with the same carrier and stronger benefits and stronger protections while others will be able to get better plans with new carriers through the marketplace, and that many will get new help to pay for these better plans and make them actually cheaper—if you leave that stuff out, you're being grossly misleading, to say the least," Obama said.

Just a few weeks earlier, Obama had appeared in the Rose Garden to announce a similarly stunning reversal in messaging, this time about the state of the website designed to allow people to sign up for the plan. "No one is more frustrated than I am," he said on October 21 of the technical problems that had rendered the website for the Affordable Care Act inoperable. For the three weeks prior, Obama had dismissed the plague of technical issues as mere "glitches," and complained that Republicans were "rooting for failure" when they were discussed.

Complicating matters for the administration is that they knew about both issues before the public faced them, but plowed on with the implementation—and their initial message—despite it. The warning flags were clear for the website in August, if not earlier, when security reviews found issues with the site's coding. Obama's "you can keep it" line and accompanying policy has been flagged as misleading by fact-checkers for years, even before it was signed into law.

The shift comes as the Jan. 1 beginning of the individual mandate nears, though individuals have until the end of March to enroll in a plan before they are assessed a fine. Behind the scenes Congressional Democrats are livid with the White House, and vulnerable incumbents are already publicly throwing barbs over Obama's handling of the law's implementation.

Another Stunning Reversal In President Obama’s Talking Points On Obamacare

Just not the right fit for NYC

The Contenders

Anthony Weiner 

Sexual pervert

Elliot Spitzer

Sexual pervert extraordinaire

Christine Quinn

Lesbian

Bill deBlasio

Sandinista Socialist

 Joe Ihota

Republican

And the winner is...

Bill deBlasio

The Sandinista Socialist

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Campaign ad... wealth redistribution is the first thing out of his son's mouth.  Tax and spend...what a novel idea for liberals. Isn't NYC one of the most expensive to live in and heavily taxed in the country already? Are they insane? Evidently so.

Even in this field the Republican never stood a chance.

Just not the right fit for NYC

A Public Service Announcement

On a tip from Senior International Correspondent

Ed Kilbane

A Public Service Announcement

Hitler finds out about ObamaCare rollout problems

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Hitler finds out about ObamaCare rollout problems

For consumers whose health premiums will go up under new law, sticker shock leads to anger

When the opponents of ObamaCare (Palin among others) warned of the appending storm of millions of Americans loosing their current insurance Barry scoffed ..."don't listen to them" another favorite catch phrase was, "despite what you may have heard." The MSM was only to happy to go along with the charade writing them off as... "right wing TeaParty wacko's."

Although the opponents are now proven right, and the Supremes said it's constitutional, the train has long since left the station and the rest of America is just now catching on to what habitual liar Barry is. 

(Believe me...this cartoon doesn't even scratch the surface)

I don't care how you dice it, slice it, sugarcoat this statement:

 "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 is what it is an out and out lie and he can't spin his way out of it!




BTW...This latest fiasco does make one wonder why those college transcripts are under lock and key?

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Source Washington Post

Americans who face higher ­insurance costs under President Obama's health-care law are angrily complaining about "sticker shock,"

 threatening to become a new political force opposing the law even as the White House struggles to convince other consumers that they will benefit from it. 

The growing backlash involves people whose plans are being discontinued because the policies don't meet the law's more-stringent standards. They're finding that many alternative policies come with higher premiums and deductibles.

After receiving a letter from her insurer that her plan was being discontinued, Deborah Persico, a 58-year-old lawyer in the District, found a comparable plan on the city's new health insurance exchange. But her monthly premium, now $297, would be $165 higher, and her maximum out-of-pocket costs would double.

That means she could end up paying at least $5,000 more a year than she does now. "That's just not fair," said Persico, who represents indigent criminal defendants. "This is ridiculous."

If the poor, sick and uninsured are the winners under the Affordable Care Act, the losers appear to include some relatively healthy middle-income small-business owners, consultants, lawyers and other self-employed workers who buy their own insurance. Many make too much to qualify for new federal subsidies provided by the law but not enough to absorb the rising costs without hardship. Some are too old to go without insurance because they have children or have minor health issues, but they are too young for Medicare.

Others are upset because they don't want coverage for services they'll never need or their doctors don't participate in any of their new insurance options.

"There are definitely winners and losers," said Sabrina Corlette, a senior research fellow at Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reforms. "The problem is that even if the majority are winners . . . they're not the ones writing to their congressmen."

The administration says that about 12 million Americans, or 5 percent of the population, buy individual polices — they don't get coverage through their employers or programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Millions of them will be required to get new policies, but many will qualify for federal aid to pay for the premiums. Thus, they will end up with better coverage at lower costs, officials say. If they are sick, they won't be denied coverage or charged more.

But conveying such information is difficult because of the "calamitous" launch of HealthCare.gov, former White House senior adviser David Axelrod said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." He said that "many of the people who have to transition are going to get better insurance for less money, but they just can't tell that right now because they can't get on the Web site."

Republicans have showed little sympathy. Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, appearing on the same program, attacked Obama for his often-repeated pledge that people would be able to keep their health plans if they liked them. Romney said that Obama has engaged in "fundamental dishonesty" that has "undermined the foundation of his second term."

The disruptions being caused by the new law have been especially jolting for those who support the ideals of the health-care overhaul. 

Marlys Dietrick, a 60-year-old artist from San Antonio, said she had high hopes that the new law would help many of her friends who are chefs, actors or photographers get insured. But she said they have been turned off by high premiums and deductibles and would rather pay the fine. 

"I am one of those Democrats who wanted it to be better than this," she said.

Her insurer, Humana, informed her that her plan was being canceled and that the rate for herself and her 21-year-old son for a plan compliant with the new law would rise from $300 to $705. On the federal Web site, she found a comparable plan for $623 a month. Because her annual income is about $80,000, she doesn't qualify for subsidies.

A cheaper alternative on the federal exchange, she said, had a premium of $490 a month — but it was an HMO plan rather than the PPO plan she currently has. "I wouldn't be able to go to the doctor I've been going to for years," she said. "That is not a deal."

And both the HMO and PPO exchange plans she examined had family deductibles of $12,700, compared with her current $7,000.

Robert Laszewski, an industry consultant, said he thinks the rise in rates was inevitable. The new law, he said, has resulted in an estimated 30 to 50 percent increase in baseline costs for insurers.

"We've got increased access for sick people and an increase in the span of benefits, so something's got to give," he said.

Beginning Jan. 1, the new plans must cover 10 essential benefits including pediatric care, prescription drugs, mental-health services and maternity care. In general, policies that don't offer those can't be sold after 2013. (Plans that were in place before March 2010 and essentially ­haven't changed are "grandfathered" and allowed to continue.) Critics, such as Obama, say that the discontinued policies are too skimpy to offer real protections, but some consumers contend the plans meet their needs.

David Prestin, 48, who operates a gas station and diner at a truck stop in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, was unhappy to learn recently that his premiums are slated to rise from $923 to $1,283 next year under Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The insurer said it needed to add maternity care to comply with the Affordable Care Act.

The issue of maternity coverage is a sensitive one for Prestin and his wife, Kathie. They had one child seven years ago, but after she had five miscarriages, they discovered she had an immune issue that prevented her from successfully completing a pregnancy.

At the same time, Prestin said, the new plan would reduce coverage for things he and Kathie need, such as free annual checkups.

The Prestins explored HealthCare.gov. They are not eligible for subsidies, but they found a cheaper plan than the one being offered by their insurer. However, there was another problem: It would have required the couple to switch from the doctors they have seen for more than 16 years and travel more than 100 miles from their home to the nearest major hospital center for treatment — in Green Bay, Wis.

"I pay my taxes. I'm assistant chief of the volunteer fire department here in Cedar River and a first responder for Mid-County Rescue," Prestin said. "You try to be personally accountable and play by the rules, but the more you play by the rules, the more you get beat up on."

For consumers whose health premiums will go up under new law, sticker shock leads to anger