Posted on 07/22/2009 5:56:06 PM PDT by The Pack Knight
President Barack Obama's assertion Wednesday that government will stay out of health care decisions in an overhauled system is hard to square with the proposals coming out of Congress and with his own rhetoric.
Even now, nearly half the costs of health care in the U.S. are paid for by government at all levels. Federal authority would only grow under any proposal in play.
A look at some of Obama's claims in his prime-time news conference:
OBAMA: "We already have rough agreement" on some aspects of what a health care overhaul should involve, and one is: "It will keep government out of health care decisions, giving you the option to keep your insurance if you're happy with it."
THE FACTS: In House legislation, a commission appointed by the government would determine what is and isn't covered by insurance plans offered in a new purchasing pool, including a plan sponsored by the government. The bill also holds out the possibility that, over time, those standards could be imposed on all private insurance plans, not just the ones in the pool.
Indeed, Obama went on to lay out other principles of reform that plainly show the government making key decisions in health care. He said insurance companies would be barred from dropping coverage when someone gets too sick, limits would be set on out-of-pocket expenses, and preventive care such as checkups and mammograms would be covered.
It's true that people would not be forced to give up a private plan and go with a public one. The question is whether all of those private plans would still be in place if the government entered the marketplace in a bigger way.
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Except that he is apparently going to decided what medical tests are needed for for everyone in every situation.
Liar, liar comes to mind immediately.
His prime time press lecture should be total Swiss cheese by tomorrow afternoo, earlly. Between Glenn Beck & Rush, I can expect about 6 hours of skilled cheese slicing.
The idea that this healthplan could possibly control costs/reduce costs is crazy! The only way to reduce costs is to DENY care.
While he said preventative testing would still be covered, he did not spell out when the coverage would begin and under what conditions. Just take a look at current medicare does regarding preventative care right now. You don’t get everything you want when you want it.
There is no way this healthplan can possibly deliver what this man is saying. The only way to understand this truth is let this bunch of libsocialists get their way and then it will be too late.
O-LIAR!
Obama’a press conference was full of a lot of Obama Mumbo Jumbo. The press must be afraid of him to listen to lack of focus in his answers.
Astonishing, given the venue.
Obama sounds punch drunk most of the time.
I'm shocked also. I actually saw this first on Yahoo Finance,
I thought the MSM only fact checked Joe the Plumber.....
BTTT
9.1 trillion isn’t defect neutral????
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