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| B.O., BOY DOES THIS STINK! |
The Pinocchio Test
The Obama administration is defending its pledge with a rather slim reed — that there is nothing in the law that makes insurance companies force people out of plans they were enrolled in before the law passed. That explanation conveniently ignores the regulations written by the administration to implement the law. Moreover, it also ignores the fact that the purpose of the law was to bolster coverage and mandate a robust set of benefits, whether someone wanted to pay for it or not.President Obama tried a new tack Wednesday as he fought back against criticism of his Obamacare claims.
The Obama’s statements were sweeping and unequivocal — and made both before and after the bill became law. The White House now cites technicalities to avoid admitting that he went too far in his repeated pledge, which, after all, is one of the most famous statements of his presidency.
The Obamacare’s promise apparently came with a very large caveat: “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan — if we deem it to be adequate.”
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| ALL ABOARD ... NEXT STOP BANKRUPTCY |
THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG
"One of the things health reform was designed to do was to help not only the uninsured but also the under-insured," Obama said. "And there are a number of Americans, fewer than 5 percent of Americans, who've got cut-rate plans that don't offer real financial protection in the event of a serious illness or an accident. Fact-checkers and journalists have ruled that Obama wasn't being truthful when he claimed that people who liked their insurance could keep it. Obama during a speech in Boston sought to cast the issue Wednesday as trying to weed out "bad apple insurers" who don't provide enough coverage. [INSURANCE HAS BEEN SOLD FOR MANY YEARS IN AN FLEXIBLE FASHION ... CONTRACTING FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE YOU NEED, WANT AND PARTICULARLY WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD, CHOICES, OUTCOMES, RISKS ... ISN'T THAT WHAT "INSURANCE" IS ALL ABOUT!]
"Remember, before the Obamacare, these bad apple insurers had free rein every single year to limit the care that you received or used minor pre-existing conditions to jack up your premiums or bill you into bankruptcy."
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| DON'T YOU THINK IF I WERE WRONG I'D KNOW IT? |
Obama also said that he is responsible for fixing the HealthCare.gov Web site -- even as Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius said earlier in the day that Obama isn't responsible for the botched Obamacare exchanges rollout.
THE WEB SITE IS A SYMPTOM NOT THE CAUSE
"Right now, the Web site is too slow, too many people have gotten stuck, and I am not happy about it," Obama said at a speech in Boston promoting the similar Massachusetts health-care law.
Obama added: "So there's no excuse for it, and I take full responsibility for making sure it gets fixed ASAP."
The administration has set a late November deadline for fixing the Web site.
At a hearing earlier Wednesday, Sebelius said she and her department were responsible for the Obamacare rollout's failings, not Obama.
"No, sir," Sebelius said when asked directly whether Obama is responsible. "We are responsible for the rollout."
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| DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO ... IS THIS A NO SMOKING AREA? |
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| YOU MAKE ME WISH I HAD MORE MIDDLE FINGERS |
