Far from it.
The conniving Obama calculated the ACA to consolidate Democrat power that was supposed to install a permanent Dumbocrat majority. So much for that ding-dong idea....b/c 30 lockstepping Dumbocrats who voted for it were ousted in the 2014 Democrat Demolition Derby. Several retired knowing they could not be reelected.
As far back as 2008, at the presidential debate in Nashville, Democrat candidate Obama advanced his signature plan that was ultimately enacted (by an historic straight Democrat party-line vote) into the "Affordable Care Act:"
QUOTING OBAMA: "No. 1, let me just repeat, if youâve got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it. All Iâm going to do is help you to lower the premiums on it. Youâll still have choice of doctor.â
Repeated over and over by every loyal Democrat---- conning Americans into believing they'd be saving $2500.00 on healthcare costs.
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LOCK-STEPPING DEMOCRATS WEIGH IN
PARTY LOYALTY NOT SEEN SINCE 1930-40's ERA EUROPE.
SEN. HARRY REID (D-Nev.): âIn fact, one of our core principles is that if you like the health care you have, you can keep it.â (Sen. Reid, Congressional Record, S.8642, 8/3/09)
SEN. RICHARD DURBIN: âWe believe â and we stand by this â if you like your current health insurance plan, you will be able to keep it, plain and simple, straightforward.â (Sen. Durbin, Congressional Record, S.6401, 6/10/09)
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): âIf you like your insurance, you keep it.â (U.S. Senate, Finance Committee, Bill Mark-Up, 9/29/09)
SEN. PATTY MURRAY (D-Wash.): âAgain, if you like what you have, you will be able to keep it. Let me say this again: If you like what you have, when our legislation is passed and signed by the President, you will be able to keep it.â (Sen. Murray, Congressional Record, S.6400, 6/10/09)
SEN. MAX BAUCUS (D-Mont.): âThat is why one of the central promises of health care reform has been and is: If you like what you have, you can keep it. That is critically important. If a person has a plan, and he or she likes it, he or she can keep it.â (Sen. Baucus, Congressional Record, S.7676, 9/29/10)
SEN. TOM HARKIN (D-Iowa): âOne of the things we put in the health care bill when we designed it was the protection for consumers to keep the plan they have if they like it; thus, the term âgrandfathered plans.â If you have a plan you like â existing policies â you can keep them. ⦠we said, if you like a plan, you get to keep it, and you can grandfather it in.â (Sen. Harkin, Congressional Record, S.7675-6, 9/29/10)
THEN-REP. TAMMY BALDWIN (D-Wis.): âUnder the bill, if you like the insurance you have now, you may keep it and it will improve.â (Rep. Baldwin, Press Release, 3/18/10)
SEN. MARK BEGICH (D-Alaska): âIf you got a doctor now, you got a medical professional you want, you get to keep that. If you have an insurance program or a health care policy you want of ideas, make sure you keep it. That you can keep who you want.â (Sen. Begich, Townhall Event, 7/27/09)
SEN. MICHAEL BENNET (D-Colo.): âWe should begin with a basic principle: if you have coverage and you like it, you can keep it. If you have your doctor, and you like him or her, you should be able to keep them as well. We will not take that choice away from you.â (Sen. Bennet, Press Release, 6/11/09)
SEN. BARBARA BOXER (D-Calif.): âSo we Democrats want people to be able to keep the health care they have. And the answer to that is choice of plans. And in the exchange, weâre going to have lots of different plans, and people will be able to keep the health care coverage they need and they want.â (Sen. Boxer, Press Release, 2/8/11)
SEN. SHERROD BROWN (D-Ohio): âOur Democrat bill says if you have health insurance and you like it, you can keep itâ¦â(Sen. Brown, Congressional Record, S.12612, 12/7/09)
SEN. BEN CARDIN (D-Md.): âFor the people of Maryland, this bill will provide a rational way in which they can maintain their existing coverageâ¦â (Sen. Cardin, Congressional Record, S.13798, 12/23/09)
SEN. BOB CASEY (D-Pa.): âI also believe this Democrat legislation and the bill we are going to send to President Obama this fall will also have secure choices. If you like what you have, you like the plan you have, you can keep it. It is not going to change.â (Sen. Casey, Congressional Record, S.8070, 7/24/09)
SEN. KAY HAGAN (D-N.C.): âPeople who have insurance theyâre happy with can keep itâ âWe need to support the private insurance industry so that people who have insurance theyâre happy with can keep it while also providing a backstop option for people without access to affordable coverage.â (âRepublicans Vent As Other Compromise Plans Get Aired,â National Journalâs Congress Daily, 6/18/09)
SEN. MARY LANDRIEU (D-La.): âIf you like the insurance that you have, youâll be able to keep it.â (MSNBCâs Hardball, 12/16/09)
SEN. PAT LEAHY (D-Vt.): â[I]f you like the insurance you now have, keep the insurance you have.â (CNNâs âNewsroom,â 10/22/09)
SEN. BOB MENENDEZ (D-N.J.): âIf you like what you have, you get to keep itâ âMenendez is a member of the Senate Finance Committee, which is expected to release a bill later this week. He stressed that consumers who are satisfied with their plans wonât have to change. âIf you like what you have, you get to keep it,â he said.â (âHealth Care Plan Would Help N.J., Menendez Says,â The Record, 6/19/09)
SEN. JEFF MERKLEY (D-Oreg.): â[E]nsuring that those who like their insurance get to keep itâ âThe HELP Committee bill sets forward a historic Democrat plan that will, for the first time in American history, give every American access to affordable health coverage, reduce costs, and increase choice, while ensuring that those who like their insurance get to keep it.â (Sen. Merkley, Press Release, 7/15/09)
SEN. BARBARA MIKULSKI (D-Md.): âIt means that if you like the insurance you have now, you can keep it.â (Sen. Mikulski, Press Release, 12/24/09)
SEN. JAY ROCKEFELLER (D-W.Va.): âI want people to know, the Presidentâs promise that if you like the coverage you have today you can keep it is a pledge we intend to keep.â (U.S. Senate, Finance Committee, Hearing, 9/23/09)
SEN. JACK REED (D-R.I.): âIf you like the insurance you have, you can choose to keep it.â (Sen. Reed, Town Hall Event, 6/25/09)
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.): ââIf you have coverage you like, you can keep it,â says Sen. Sanders.â (âSick And Wrong,â Rolling Stone, 4/5/10)
SEN. JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-N.H.): âif you have health coverage that you like, you get to keep itâ âMy understanding ⦠is that ⦠if you have health coverage that you like you can keep it. As I said, you may have missed my remarks at the beginning of the call, but one of the things I that I said as a requirement that I have for supporting a Democrat bill is that if you have health coverage that you like you should be able to keep that. â¦under every scenario that Iâve seen, if you have health coverage that you like, you get to keep it.â (Sen. Shaheen, âHealth Care Questions From Across New Hampshire,â Accessed 11/13/13)
SEN. DEBBIE STABENOW (D-Mich.): âAs someone who has a large number of large employers in my state, one of the things I appreciate about the Democrat chairmanâs remark is â is the grandfathering provisions, the fact that the people in my state, 60 percent of whom have insurance, are going to be able to keep it. And Mr. Chairman, I appreciate that. Thatâs a strong commitment. Itâs clear in the bill ⦠I appreciate the strong commitment on your part and the president to make sure that if you have your insurance you can keep it. Thatâs the bottom line for me.â (U.S. Senate, Finance Committee, Bill Mark-Up, 9/24/09)
SEN. JON TESTER (D-Mont.): ââIf you like your coverage, youâll be able to keep it,â Tester said, adding that if Medicare changes, it will only become strongerâ. (âTester In Baker To Discuss Health Care,â The Fallon County Times, 11/20/09)
SEN. TOM UDALL (D-N.Mex.): âSome worried reform would alter their current coverage. It wonât. If you like your current plan, you can keep it.â (âWhat I Learned: About Health Care Reform This Summer, By Your Lawmakers In Congress,â Albuquerque Journal, 9/8/09)
SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-R.I.): â..it honors President Obamaâs programs and the promise of all of the Presidential candidates that if you like the plan you have, you get to keep it. You are not forced out of anything.â (Sen. Whitehouse, Congressional Record, S.8668, 8/3/09)
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) the 60th vote on Obamacare: "people who are happy with their current plan, wouldn't need to change it."
FRANKEN YOUTUBE SOUND BITE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCZmAYYNz8Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCZmAYYNz8I
You go to a sporting business to buy fishing lures.
You go to a sporting business to buy hunting lures.
You go to the government to get hooked on money lures.
I remember watching live on C-SPAN back in 2010 (I believe) when Sen Baucus was clearly smashed out drunk on the Senate floor, ridiculing Republicans for not supporting ObamaCare.
Senator Max Baucus Drunk / Intoxicated on Senate Floor - Shouts Down Wicker
Great post, but when is FR going to get rid of all those annoying and distracting ââ¬Å symbols?
Many of the posts on this forum are virtually unreadable.