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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
My problem with it is the implied guarantee that couldn't possibly exist. No one can honestly expect to deliver on the promise that anyone who likes their coverage, will get to keep it.
You're right doesn't work that way now, and it's not likely to work that way in the future.
But if you tell people that in the context of "reform" they are likely to assume that you really mean it.
I think a lot of Americans who heard Obama's comments, especially in the past* more than last night, will really believe that if "I like my insurance now; 'reform' will mean that I get to keep it like I like it."
Why wouldn't they? Isn't it being sold to them as if this plan is only going to improve the health system?
I don't think it's going to work like that, do you?
*last night's comments were a little savvier because at least he said, nothing in this bill will require you to change. But if you require all plans to meet certain requirements, it's pretty unlikely that things are going to stay like they are for most people.
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I see what you're saying, but I've never heard the comments the way you seem to be hearing them. The way I've heard it from Day 1 (by which I mean the way I have interpreted what has been said) is simply that you shouldn't worry if you like your current plan, because the law is not going to require you to switch to a different plan. That's all. I've never interpreted any statement as an implied promise that nothing about your coverage will ever change.