Checking Obama's Health Care Speech

President vs President: “If You Like Your Plan, You Can Keep Your Plan”
The President Himself Previously Admitted That “Some Of The Provisions” In The Senate Bill “Violated That Pledge”
PRESIDENT OBAMA: “If You Like Your Plan, You Can Keep Your Plan. If You Like Your Doctor, You Can Keep Your Doctor.” (President Obama, Prepared Remarks, 3/3/10)

PRESIDENT OBAMA: “Some Of The Provisions” In The Democratic Health Bill “Violated That Pledge.” “We said from the start, that it was going to be important for us to be consistent, in saying to people if you can have your – if you want to keep the insurance you’ve got, you can keep it. That you’re not going to have anybody getting in between you and your doctor in your decision making. And I think that some of the provisions that got snuck in might have violated that pledge.” (“Obama’s Planned Medicare Cuts Distress Some Democrats,” Bloomberg, 12/3/09)

PRESIDENT OBAMA: “Eight To Nine Million People … Might Have To Change Their Coverage.” “Well, let me, since you asked me a question, let me respond. The eight to nine million people that you refer to that might have to change their coverage, keep in mind, out of the 300 million Americans that we're talking about.” (President Obama, Health Care Summit, 2/25/10)

---

Tags: Barack Obama, speech, Fact Checking, government healthcare To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!