The Daily Caller ^ | 3/14/2014 | Vince Coglianese
President Obama now says that his health law will lead the “average person”
to switch doctors.
“For the average person,” Obama conceded in an interview with WebMD, “many
folks who don’t have health insurance initially, they’re going to have to make
some choices. And they might end up having to switch doctors, in part because
they’re saving money.”
Obama’s admission stands in stark contrast to his many assurances that
Obamacare would let people keep their doctors if they like them. A 2009 White
House document called “Health Insurance Reform Reality Check” insists, “If you
like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.”
And in a 2009 speech to the American Medical Association, Obama made this
pledge: “[N]o 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.”
Politifact already considers Obama’s promise that Americans could keep their
preferred health plans under Obamacare to be the “Lie of the Year.”
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