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Obama Lied About Obamacare
Political Realities ^ | 10/29/13 | LD Jackson

Posted on 10/29/2013 3:37:00 AM PDT by LD Jackson

IRS Obamacare Regulation

I often try to find news stories that are not being reported on, trying to give my readers something to read that is different from other blogs. I don't necessarily want to write about the same subject matter I see on the rest of the Internet. That being said, that we now know President Obama has been lying all along about Obamacare is too important to not write about. Many of us have tried to point this out before, but the mainstream media refused to acknowledge it, much less report on it. The Obama administration has continued the farce, sticking to the narrative that Americans who purchased health care insurance on their own could keep their plan, if they so desired. President Obama has now been exposed, in full public view, for the liar he really is.

I found the first part of this story on Poor Richard's News. The final nail in the coffin comes from Independent Sentinel. I suggest you read both posts to get more background on the subject.

NBC News - President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that for at least three years.

Four sources deeply involved in the Affordable Care Act tell NBC NEWS that 50 to 75 percent of the 14 million consumers who buy their insurance individually can expect to receive a “cancellation” letter or the equivalent over the next year because their existing policies don’t meet the standards mandated by the new health care law. One expert predicts that number could reach as high as 80 percent. And all say that many of those forced to buy pricier new policies will experience “sticker shock.”

None of this should come as a shock to the Obama administration. The law states that policies in effect as of March 23, 2010 will be “grandfathered,” meaning consumers can keep those policies even though they don’t meet requirements of the new health care law. But the Department of Health and Human Services then wrote regulations that narrowed that provision, by saying that if any part of a policy was significantly changed since that date — the deductible, co-pay, or benefits, for example — the policy would not be grandfathered.

Again, President Obama has continued the narrative that individuals could keep their insurance plans, if they chose to do so. All the while, his administration was writing regulations into Obamacare that would make that to be a nearly impossible feat. It's good to see NBC News reporting on this story, even if they seem to be having regrets. The original story has been taken offline, edited and replaced. In spite of that, I'll take what satisfaction I can get from knowing someone in the mainstream media is finally exposing the truth about Obamacare. The same truth, I might add, that so many of us have declared since before the legislation was shoved down our throats.

I have included the image from The Kelly File's Facebook page. It clearly shows the IRS bulletin related to Obamacare and acknowledges that President Obama and the rest of his administration knew that the vast majority of Americans who wanted to keep their insurance plans would not be able to do so. Let me point out, once more, that the regulations that were written after the legislation was passed are responsible for this "change". These regulations are an important item to consider.

Passing the law as they did left it so open-ended, it was a simple thing to write thousands of pages of regulations that changed the overall effect of the legislation had on millions of Americans. This resulted in regulations that are causing insurance companies to cancel the plans in question because they had to be changed to meet the new federal guidelines. The final translation means those millions of Americans are going to lose the health insurance plans they had previously, only to be replaced by health insurance plans that will be costing them much, much more.

I'll go ahead and prep you for the excuse I believe President Obama will be using in the coming days, as he tries to shed the blame for this onto someone else. Don't you know, this is not his fault. Even though Obamacare is his plan and his baby, it is the insurance companies canceling the plans, not his administration. I can see it coming a mile down the road. I almost wish I were able to watch the press briefings at the White House in the coming days. I suspect it will make for good theater as Jay Carney tries to find enough wiggle room to get the President out of this box he has lied himself into. What do you want to bet he refers all questions related to the issue to HHS?

Once again, President Obama has been caught lying to the American people about Obamacare. Absolutely no surprise to anyone who has paid attention for the past four years.


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KEYWORDS: 0bamacrap; abortion; deathpanels; maybealittleblow; maybealottagolf; obama; obamacare; valeriejarrettpayoff; zerocare
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To: LD Jackson
Do not forget the initial lie told to the American people that Obamacare would not be a tax. They knew it would never pass as a tax and it also breaks Obama’s other promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. From the White House talking points 9/29/2009:

What President Obama is proposing is not a tax, but a requirement to comply with the law.

People are required to obey the speed limit and have to pay a penalty if they get caught speeding? Does anyone consider that a tax?

People are required to have car insurance and can be fined if they are caught without it. Is that a tax?

This whole damn thing has been one lie after another – while knowing the American people would not have gone along with Obamacare if they knew the truth.
21 posted on 10/29/2013 5:47:00 AM PDT by Heartlander (We are all Rodeo Clowns now!)
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To: jsanders2001

Oh, it’s far more important to them that the Christians be put down than it is to have good things happen for themselves.


22 posted on 10/29/2013 5:50:07 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Of course not.

But the media is just now acknowledging the fact, and his lying has become public knowledge.

“So what?” thinks a majority of our nation.......


23 posted on 10/29/2013 6:18:47 AM PDT by Arlis (.)
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