The Speech The President Should Have Given On Obamacare
Rich Lowry has a great piece in the New York Post -- the speech the President would have given if he were committed to telling the truth instead of selling us all the healthcare version of a really bad lemon of a car:
Some folks are going to lose their insurance. Millions of them, in fact.Let me be clear: Just because you have insurance you like, doesn't mean you can keep it. If it doesn't meet the new federal standards, your plan is going to get canceled. I guarantee it.
...Now, because of the marketplace we'll set up, you're going to go online and shop for new insurance. Some of you are going to get a better deal. If you don't make much money, you're going to get help from the government. [Cheers.]
But let me be clear again -- and Axelrod hates this part [Laughter] -- many of you are going to pay more than you did before. Maybe double. Because all of these new regulations cost money. You don't believe in a free lunch, do you? [Confused murmurs.]
What we're proposing is to get young, healthy people onto the exchanges so they can subsidize everyone else, by buying coverage they don't want or need at a price that is higher than before. Why would they do that, you ask? [Faint laughter.] That's what the individual mandate is all about. We've got to force them.
As for the doctor you like, you might not be able to keep him or her, either. [Murmurs.] If you have to change your plan, your doctor may not be in the network. And to try to keep costs down, the networks in the exchanges are really narrow. By the way, top hospitals probably aren't going to accept a lot of plans from the exchanges, either.
...Now, I can hear some of you right now saying that universal coverage is worth it. [Yeah.] But let's be careful about that. The respected Congressional Budget Office says under my plan tens of millions of people will still be uninsured in 2020.
via @DrEades
Unfortunately we now have the Dallas School Board sense of ethics on a national level. Far be it to think the Copier Salesman in Chief would ever do an about face and tell the truth about the copiers of he has vowed to sell so many millions.
Aaron Dyer at November 6, 2013 7:35 AM
Comrades,
The Party and the People's Leader will guide us towards a glourious collectivist future!
Stinky the Clown at November 6, 2013 9:52 AM
Not a chance of Obama giving that speech; he has neither the integrity or the balls.
Firehand at November 6, 2013 1:31 PM
Of course, this speech would only work if Barack Obama had been this bluntly honest for the last five years and got elected President that way.
Fayd at November 6, 2013 1:45 PM
And of course it never would have passed if he had been honest about it.
Assholio at November 6, 2013 5:21 PM
The problem is that those on the Republican side were saying all of this even before it was passed. But the left was saying "The Republicans are liars and idiots. Don't believe them."
I jokingly made a comment a few days ago that "On November 6th, 2011 the American public was given an intelligence test that 51.6% of the population failed. Now that we have come into the future, we are about to see if education will help."
Apparently it won't. Look at this article. Of note:
Then they go on to say:
The are still supporting it as they get fucked? How stupid can you be?
Jim P. at November 6, 2013 7:21 PM
How stupid can you be
Comrade Jim,
This is an example of self-sacrifice we should all strive towards. The good of the collective is all that matters. Resistance is futile
Stinky the Clown at November 7, 2013 6:08 AM
I don't always agree with Megan McArdle, but she sure seems to have hit it right on with this:
Obamacare Shouldn't Have Been Managed Like A Campaign.
But what should we have expected from a Chicago ward-heeler?
Grey Ghost at November 7, 2013 6:25 AM
I gave up self-sacrifice several years ago. I found that I can help fund charitable giving better that way.
Jim P. at November 7, 2013 6:34 PM
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