kentuck (69,769 posts)
The President lied...
And people died.
He said there were WMDs in Iraq. He said they were getting "yellowcake" from Af-ri-ca. He said we may see a mushroom cloud from Saddam Hussein.
And we spent trillions of dollars on the war and its resulting casualties.
And now....
They are saying this President lied also. He said if you wanted to keep your insurance, you would be able to do so. Unfortunately, he did not check with the insurance companies that were writing individual policies and they made him out to be a liar. They refused to give their customers their same policy with the added benefits of the new law without writing a new policy, and in many cases, charging them more for it. The insurance companies made a liar out of the President.
And the Republican Party is making hay out of it. They know a liar when they see one...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023965392See it isn't 0bama's fault he had bad intelligence and acted on it, so you can't blame him.
Star Member Laelth (16,297 posts)
1. The President isn't running for re-election.
I am not worried about this. Strategically, it makes sense for the Democratic Party to allow the President to take whatever lumps are coming for this language error and move on.
Ultimately, this is much ado about nothing.
-Laelth
Yeah people don't mind that he lied about premiums going down, he lied about being able to keep your plan and your doctor. People losing their coverage and getting fined for not having it is much ado about nothing.
I wish we hadn't banned him here I would love for him to try that shit at this site.
Star Member CTyankee (37,102 posts)
2. I think that ultimately this will show how worthless those cheap insurance policies were for the
American people. We have a right to expect standards in health insurance coverage. The truth is that the people were scammed by the insurance companies. To me, it's like product safety laws or any other laws that protect the consumer from fraud.
What I don't understand is why people bought such inferior "insurance" in the first place...
See if you liked your plan you were eternally stupid, now just budget your money better and you can afford all the increases on your affordable health care.
bemildred (70,423 posts)
10. I stopped paying for medical insurance in 2002 BECAUSE I could see it was worthless.
I'd rather give the money to my family, if it comes to that. And this way I don't have any faceless, careless, underpaid "employees" making health care decisions for me. If I die, at least it will be from my own mistakes.
But I finally got Medicare in 2010.
Star Member riverbendviewgal (2,731 posts)
9. Bill Maher said last night
George W. Bush lied over Iraq's WMD but they were White lies.
At this point in time, what difference does it make?
I love leftist logic, they can excuse anything on their side if they can claim that a repuke lied long ago.
Star Member B Calm (19,352 posts)
27. He didn't lie. The person insured can still keep the same insurance
company.
kentuck (69,769 posts)
29. Yes, the President did not say they could keep the same plan at the same price.
Very few people kept their same plan at the same price, with the cost of insurance going up every year at extraordinary rates.
They are incredibly stupid. Just wait until they find out how worthless their 0bama plans are. They will be asking what good is insurance that has a $6000 deductible. Damn them repukes.
