What words just can’t come out of a politician’s mouth?
Eg. “I’m sorry, we got that wrong”
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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
It happens sometimes, but may well be an attribute of a more honest and rational age, one that has sadly passed.
[quote] President Obama said Thursday that he is "sorry" that some Americans are losing their current health insurance plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act, despite his promise that no one would have to give up a health plan they liked.
"I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me," he told NBC News in an exclusive interview at the White House.
"We've got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and we are going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this."[/quote]
Reminder, 98% kept their doctor. Some would have proclaimed this a victory.
[quote] President Obama said Thursday that he is "sorry" that some Americans are losing their current health insurance plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act, despite his promise that no one would have to give up a health plan they liked.
"I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me," he told NBC News in an exclusive interview at the White House.
"We've got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and we are going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this."[/quote]
Reminder, 98% kept their doctor. Some would have proclaimed this a victory.
Valentine · M
@QuixoticSoul I am not from the USA, and my knowledge is therefore sometimes limited to what the BBC and others might think I need to know. I also pick up useful snippets from the likes of SW and EP before. One key thing I’ve picked up is that many in the US are, please excuse me, tribal about their own party. The pendulum therefore swings violently to and fro. Seldom do I hear a middle truth? Perhaps I miss things.
However, I do know that Obama tried to bring in social health system, and if memory serves, it was voted down in the Rep held senate. In my, possibly ignorant eyes, Obama therefore saw the need for social health system, perhaps free at the point of delivery, similar to my own UK system (which is now flawed, I admit), and tried. Failed, but tried. Again, if memory serves, the incoming Rep POTUS shredded everything Obama tried to set up.
Is this why Obama is ‘sorry’, that the incumbent POTUS has undermined his efforts, and in doing so, he is trying to stir anti-rep feeling to stir his Dem voters into action and voice.
If I have this wrong, I humbly listen.
However, I do know that Obama tried to bring in social health system, and if memory serves, it was voted down in the Rep held senate. In my, possibly ignorant eyes, Obama therefore saw the need for social health system, perhaps free at the point of delivery, similar to my own UK system (which is now flawed, I admit), and tried. Failed, but tried. Again, if memory serves, the incoming Rep POTUS shredded everything Obama tried to set up.
Is this why Obama is ‘sorry’, that the incumbent POTUS has undermined his efforts, and in doing so, he is trying to stir anti-rep feeling to stir his Dem voters into action and voice.
If I have this wrong, I humbly listen.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Valentine No, not quite - Obamacare passed in the senate, and republicans have not been able to remove it.
At issue here is that the bill introduced certain requirements that insurers have to follow - minimum standard of services, removing individual spending maximums, not discriminating against preexisting conditions, etc. Some people (about 2%, mostly self-insured) had such barebones policies that insurers found it impossible to continue service at those price levels, and had to cancel their plans, forcing them to sign up for more comprehensive and expensive packages - something Obama said would not happen.
At issue here is that the bill introduced certain requirements that insurers have to follow - minimum standard of services, removing individual spending maximums, not discriminating against preexisting conditions, etc. Some people (about 2%, mostly self-insured) had such barebones policies that insurers found it impossible to continue service at those price levels, and had to cancel their plans, forcing them to sign up for more comprehensive and expensive packages - something Obama said would not happen.
Valentine · M
@QuixoticSoul thank you. But this watering down (commercial pressures and lack of political resistance?) happened after his watch?