Does Anyone Believe Anything President Obama Says?

We are at a sad point in America. American presidents have always been accused of stretching the truth beyond belief, but with President Obama and ObamaCare we have reached a level of boldface lies that I believe is unique.

On Friday, Investor’s Business Daily posted a story listing President Obama’s latest lies about ObamaCare.  Just as truth is one of the first casualties of war, it is also one of the first casualties of upcoming elections. Many Democrat congressmen will be running for reelection next year and are genuinely worried about the impact of ObamaCare on their campaigns. Thus we have creative facts about ObamaCare flowing from the White House.

The article reports:

In late November, for example, Obama complained that “instead of rooting for failure, or refighting old battles, Republicans in Congress need to work with us to improve those things about the Affordable Care Act that aren’t working as well as they should.”

Obama’s attempt to escape responsibility for the failure of his signature domestic achievement isn’t surprising. But in this case, he’s falsifying the record.

The list of positive changes to ObamaCare passed by Republicans and Democrats and signed by the President includes the repeal of a tax reporting scheme requiring business to list all payments exceeding $600 a year to any vendor (that amount is so small it could include buying flowers for the office staff on Administrative Assistant‘s Day). The Republicans also removed a long-term care provision that was unworkable and another provision involving a “free-choice voucher” program. Generally speaking, the Republicans are not the problem–ObamaCare is. However, look for more attempted blame shifting during the coming year.

The article reminds us of the cost of ObamaCare and how the President is claiming that it will reduce the cost of healthcare:

…the rate of growth in national health spending has slowed in recent years. It was just 3.9% in 2009, 2010 and 2011. And employer premium growth had been on the downtrend.

But these have nothing to do with ObamaCare. The latest report from the chief actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — the official scorekeeper of health spending — says the spending growth slowdown is “unrelated to the (Affordable Care Act).”

It also reports that ObamaCare will add to national spending over the next decade. Other reports have pinned much of the slowdown on the recession and Obama’s lousy recovery that followed it. Plus, ObamaCare is now pushing premiums up.

As Charles Blahous, a former trustee for Social Security and Medicare, puts it, Obama’s latest cost-cutting claims “are just as groundless as the ones that misled so many Americans to believe they would be able to keep their previous coverage.”

At this point in time, the only way to fight these lies is with the ballot box. Americans need to vote against anyone who supports ObamaCare. That is the only way we will get rid of this horrendous program.

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