Twitchy has been telling readers for months about cancellation notices that have been going out from private insurers, much to the surprise of people who liked their plan. Mainstream journalists finally began admitting that the whole “if you like your plan, you can keep it” line was “never possible to keep,” and the mainstream media are just now catching up to all of those stories of insurance cancellation notices.
What to do then? Delay implementation? Repeal? Or why not just get used to the idea that you didn’t really like that policy anyway, so why would you want to keep it? Business Insider’s Josh Barro made that case today, noting that some health care plans just aren’t that good, and “there are a lot of health plans that Americans shouldn’t be able to keep.” That’s a freedom you certainly don’t want.
"If anything, the biggest problem with the ACA is that too many people are getting to keep their existing health plans." -Josh Barro/BI
— Now Media News (@NowMediaScott) October 21, 2013
But wait: what about that promise from the President of the United States himself? We let him be clear, and what he said was, “If you like your health plan, you can keep it.” Says Barro, that “was never a reasonable promise,” so apparently it doesn’t count, right?
@NolteNC @jbarro Yes, THAT'S the problem. #HeadDesk #HeadDesk #HeadDesk #HeadDesk #HeadDesk #HeadDesk #HeadDesk #HeadDesk #HeadDesk
— We are screwed…from a distance (@PornPops69) October 21, 2013
Yeah, I need the elite media @jbarro & the federal govt to force me to buy the insurance that is best for me & my family. Good god.
— The Curve Is Bent. Time to Free Us! (@NolteNC) October 21, 2013
https://twitter.com/billhobbs/status/392408175023898624
I guess @jbarro is floating new left wing spin: ObamaCare not canceling enuf Ins. policies people are happy with. More fascism, please.
— The Curve Is Bent. Time to Free Us! (@NolteNC) October 21, 2013
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@NolteNC @jbarro article points out that Obamacare is not about care, its about insurance, paying taxes, fed control. And this is Ok why???
— Darla S (@ifdarla) October 21, 2013
https://twitter.com/wyethwire/status/392410434952634368
@jbarro Yes, we're just all too stupid to know what's good for us. Thank God we have the gov't to tell us what ins plan we really need.
— Mary Smith (@mbs48) October 21, 2013
@jbarro I need you to pick my insurance plan please. Thank you.
— J Daniel Ford (@Thisisjdf) October 21, 2013
So, the president lied, but it was for our own good? Is that right?
https://twitter.com/pigwithwings/status/392410781892870144
@jbarro Just to be clear, then, you admit BHO deceived the American public about what Obamacare would be like. Do I have that right?
— Jonathan Smith (@Archimusik) October 21, 2013
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