[quote=SD Realtor]Yes that is exactly what he said. Let us see it again:

“When I say if you have your plan and you like it, … or you have a doctor and you like your doctor, that you don’t have to change plans, what I’m saying is the government is not going to make you change plans under health reform.”

Here is what he did not say:

“However the legislation does set new minimum standards for coverage that many plans in effect today do not meet. Now if those plans are altered at all, for any reason, even if the premium changes by 2 cents, those plans will not be considered legal and by LAW must not be offered by your carrier. SO IF YOU LIKED THAT PLAN YOU WILL NOT GET IT BECAUSE YOUR CARRIER CANCELLED IT BECAUSE THIS LEGISLATION MANDATED IT.”

That is what was not said ever. Yet that is what is happening and he knew it would happen because if he would have said it, there would have been problems.[/quote]

It was made very clear what the legal obligations on carriers would be. That many of them are unable to function within the new legal framework is no surprise and highlights the flaws in the current system. It is true that Obama did not advertise this consequence while promising policy holders could keep their policies. It was, no doubt, a politically expedient decision.

Many effected by this think the right to choose is now being denied them, and that they have been lied to. Many others who have been dropped by carriers or are unable to find cover think that health care has been denied them, and that they were also lied to. I would rather be fed the lie that is underpinned by noble intentions, than one that is underpinned by a conflict of interest.