Well well well… It would appear that the Washington Post, not exactly a bastion of conservative thought, has caught on to something said here a week ago, and that’s that the President’s mantra of “you can keep your plan” is, to put it lightly, bull.
Under the House legislation, many companies eventually would have to comply with new requirements for minimum benefits, meaning that if they did not already meet the standard they would have to upgrade their insurance.
ad_iconNonetheless, in his effort to allay fears about health reform, Obama has continued to make his promise.
“Here’s the guarantee that I’ve made: If you have insurance that you like, then you will be able to keep that insurance,” he said July 28 in a town hall meeting with members of AARP.
In a campaign to dispel alleged myths about health reform, the White House has posted a “Reality Check” on its Web site. “You can keep your own insurance,” it declares.
Obama’s promise is not just at odds with legislative proposals — it is also at odds with reality.
The Post goes into detail and skewers the President a bit for his continued and untrue assertion. In the end, they arrive at the same conclusion I did, and all it took was a good reading of the bill and the information given out by the White House to arrive at the conclusion that the President is, to but it gently, playing fast and loose with the truth.
Read the Post article, though. It’s a good, straightforward, and detailed analysis of how the President isn’t telling the truth. Nutshell: if you like your plan and it meets 6 very detailed criteria, you can keep it. Other than that, no, you cannot keep your current plan no matter how much the President and his uninformed (or outright lying) advocates say so.
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