President Obama said Tuesday that Americans were wrong to doubt his signature healthcare reform law, saying concerns over rising costs or worsening health outcomes were not supported by the evidence.
In an interview with Telemundo on Tuesday, the president was asked if “everybody [was] wrong” after polling data indicated that a majority of Americans oppose the law and believe it will raise their healthcare costs.
“Yes,” the president said with a chuckle. “They are.”
The president said a “look at the facts” revealed that young adults were able to stay on their parents’ health insurance longer and that seniors were getting “billions of dollars in discounts on their prescription drugs.”
Asked about reports that insurance rates were rising in some areas, Obama argued the law was a net positive.
“What we’ve seen is the lowest increase in healthcare costs in 50 years over the last several years,” Obama said. “So there is no evidence at all that this is somehow making healthcare more expensive. There’s a lot of evidence that it’s helping to make it cheaper.”
A poll released Tuesday by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal found that just 31 percent of Americans believed ObamaCare was a good idea, while 44 percent thought it was not. Just three in 10 Americans say they understand how the legislation will affect them, and only 23 percent believe the law will have a positive effect on the country’s overall healthcare system.
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When a person says everything on all sides of an issue, of course he’ll be right during one of his statements.
Take Obama on arming Syrian rebels.
Obama suspended a provision of federal law designed to prevent the arming of terrorists in order to clear the way for arming Syrian “rebels.”
BUT….
Last September, during the U.S. presidential campaign, Obama said,
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/091813-671588-obama-once-denied-syrian-rebels-freedom-fighters.htm#ixzz2fIcfMQeG
So, on one side Obama is correct, on the other, he is completely wrong.
Too bad he went from being right then to being wrong now.
“President Obama said Tuesday that Americans were wrong to doubt his signature healthcare reform law, saying concerns over rising costs or worsening health outcomes were not supported by the evidence.”
“worsening health outcomes were not supported by the evidence.” …I don’t know…was there 10 or 20 years worth of ‘research’ completed before this, this, Obama “Thing” was shoved down our throats that produced some kind of “evidence” into all of this?
Am I missing something here??…exactly what is this “evidence”… Mr Ass-hat snake oil salesman jerky man?
The Law is a “net positive”…that is a laughable statement considering…
….how many of ‘his’ green energy initiatives were “net positive”??? Oh, let me guess uh…-> ZERO!! And what about all of those ‘other’ government initiatives?? what exactly did THEY ‘net positive’ to the taxpayer?? -> ZERO…. and is 17 trillion dollars of national debt also a “net positive” for the tax payer??? Oh and remember the Healthcare LAW is also A TAX…Seriously?? and WTF???
Sorry but, this guy is seriously deranged..we need to impeach him before the United States looks like Cuba…Cuba after decades of socialism, I mean communism is now only a shell of it’s original beauty.