Thursday, May 2, 2013

Just How Ignorant Is Obama About ObamaCare?

Political Cartoons by Henry Payne
Investor's Business Daily  "At his press conference this week, President Obama tried to reassure Americans about ObamaCare. Instead, he displayed either an incredible lack of understanding about his own law, or something far worse.
"Asked about increasing Democratic concern over what Sen. Max Baucus called a looming ObamaCare "train wreck," Obama claimed that it's all much ado about very little.
"But almost nothing he said in defense of ObamaCare was accurate. Among his statements:
""A huge chunk of it's already been implemented."
In fact, all that's been implemented so far are a few PR-friendly changes like a mandate to cover children up to age 26 and a more generous Medicare drug benefit."
....
" 'We're going to be able to drive down costs ... and that will save the country money as a whole over the long term."
"Except, Obama's own health care number crunchers say ObamaCare will force national health spending up 7.4% in 2014, and add billions in costs over the next decade. The Congressional Budget Office says it will add massively to federal health spending."  Read more.

 Political Cartoons by Steve Kelley

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