Polling Memo: ObamaCare Worries

ObamaCare: Remember When?

Remember when President Obama said this:

June 15, 2009:  “So let me begin by saying this to you and to the American people….If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. … If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period. … No one will take it away, no matter what.”¹

Then nine months later he said this:

March 23, 2010: “This legislation will also lower costs for families and for businesses and for the federal government, reducing our deficit by over $1 trillion in the next two decades. It is paid for. It is fiscally responsible.”²

Today, voters seriously doubt the promises President Obama made over 3 years ago.

While President Obama claimed his Healthcare legislation would lower costs for Americans, 7 in 10 voters (72%) are worried about the cost of their health insurance going up.  And, despite Obama saying you can keep your doctor and healthcare plan under ObamaCare, 62% are worried about doctor’s choice and think they won’t be able to receive care from their preferred physician followed by another 57% who fear they won’t have the ability to keep their current plan.

Oh, and remember that part about it being “fiscally responsible?”  The current US national debt is $16.8 trillion.  That’s $4.1 trillion more than it was on March 23, 2010.  One can’t help but think ObamaCare will not make that better.

SOURCE: Slide 27; http://d15o3uej81snwq.cloudfront.net/assets/National-YG-Network-Policy-5-2-13-Presentation-for-RELEASE1.pdf

 ¹   President Barack Obama; “Remarks by the President at the Annual Conference of the American Medical Association,” The White House, Office of the Press Secretary; 6/15/2009

²   President Barack Obama; “Remarks by the President and Vice President at Signing of the Health Insurance Reform Bill,” The White House, Office of the     Press Secretary; 3/23/2010