Obama Moves the Goal Posts on Health Care

Dennis Smith / July 28, 2009

In his July 25 Radio Address, President Obama offered a new goal to health care reform—“And we’ll limit the amount your insurance company can force you to pay out of your own pocket.” By laying this out as one of the goals of reform, he contradicts the major theme of the Address.

The Address began with a quote from a small businessman from New Jersey—“I am not looking for free health care, I would just like to get my premiums reduced enough to be able to afford it.” Here are the conflicts between what the small businessman knows and what the President proposes: (more…)