Obama in 2008: Obamacare Will Eliminate Private Coverage Over Time

Conn Carroll / August 11, 2009

Last week after White House Health Reform Office communications director Linda Douglass appeared in a webvideo purporting to refute claims that “the President intends to ‘eliminate’ private coverage”, we documented statements from Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein, and Noble Prize winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman all directly contradicting Douglass’ claims.

Now, Verum Serum has flagged a “Fact Check“, from the Obama campaign itself, that also confirms President Barack Obama’s intent to eliminate private insurance coverage. The post is dated January 21, 2008, the height of Obama’s primary fight with Hillary Clinton, and begins: (more…)