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sully16 — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:35:51 GMT

Yep, Even Kristen Powers a die hard Obamacare supporter has admitted her premiums doubled and offers less, yet in her mind, this can still work, face palm!

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MADDOG10 — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:07:05 GMT

Smart Man. Now if only the rest of the party had some family jewels and owned up to this, they might have been able to save some face this mid-term. But if you ask me, it's not in them to admit this was catastrophe from the word go..

Original Blog Entry: Barney Frank (Dem)

emilyg — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 14:41:44 GMT

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Barney Frank 'Appalled' By Obama Administration: 'They Just Lied To People'

Posted: 08/01/2014 3:02 pm EDT Updated: 08/01/2014 3:59 pm EDT

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama made a major political mistake by lying about the details of his health care plan, according to former House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.).

The rollout was so bad, and I was appalled -- I don't understand how the president could have sat there and not been checking on that on a weekly basis, Frank told HuffPost during a July interview. But frankly, he should never have said as much as he did, that if you like your current health care plan, you can keep it. That wasn't true. And you shouldn't lie to people. And they just lied to people.

Obama has taken significant flak in conservative circles for claiming that his health care overhaul would allow all existing health care plans to continue, when, in fact, new consumer protection standards would require some people to sign up for more comprehensive insurance. The law provides government subsidies to help people of modest means pay for the more robust plans. Frank is a strong supporter of the law, and he has repeatedly defended Obama and his legislative agenda.

He should have said, 'Look, in some cases the health care plans that you've got are really inadequate, and in your own interests, we're going to change them,' Frank said. But that's not what he said.

A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that Obamacare continues to be widely misunderstood, with a majority of Americans unaware that the law allows consumers to choose between different private sector health plans. Lying about how the consumer protection standards would function, Frank said, created an unnecessary circus around a program that would help people get better coverage.

Any smart political adviser would have said, 'Don't lie to people, because you're gonna get caught up in it and it's gonna have this tsunami that you now have,' Frank told HuffPost. My political motto, very simple. I have always told the truth, and nothing but the truth. But I don't volunteer the whole truth in every situation.

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