It is now
painfully evident to millions of Americans that President Obama’s promise that
they could keep their current health coverage under Obamacare wasn’t true. But
what has received less attention in the current uproar is that back in 2009,
when Obamacare was under debate and Obama was making the promise, some
Republicans saw precisely what was wrong with it, and said so. And when those
Republicans challenged the White House, the White House had nothing to say.
Go back to
June 23, 2009. The House Education and Labor Committee, chaired by Democratic
Rep. George Miller, held a hearing on a draft of Obamacare. Christina Romer,
then chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, testified. Among the
Republicans who questioned Romer was Rep. Tom Price, who is also a doctor.
Price pressed Romer to cite a basis for the president’s promise, and in the
process predicted much of what would happen more than four years later, in late
2013. Obama’s promise fell apart right there in the hearing room. Here is the
Price-Romer exchange:....To Read More....
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