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..... Obama replied that his plan was universal (a claim we rated Barely True ) and explained why he was against a mandate: "A mandate means that in some fashion, everybody will be forced to buy health insurance. ... But I believe the problem is not that folks are trying to avoid getting health care. The problem is they can't afford it. And that's why my plan emphasizes lowering costs."
Obama said at the time it was possible some people would refuse to buy health care under his plan.
"It's true that some people could game the system by just waiting till they get sick and then they show up," Obama said. "But keep in mind that my plan also says children will be able to stay on their parents' plan up until the age of 25. And so I don't believe that there are a whole bunch of folks out there that will not get coverage. And John, both you and Hillary have a hardship exemption where, if people can't afford to buy health care, you exempt them so that you sort of don't count them."
Under the plan, if you like your current health insurance, nothing changes, except your costs will go down by as much as $2,500 per year. If you don’t have health insurance, you will have a choice of new, affordable health insurance options.
DrEugeneFixer
reply to post by xuenchen
It's 2013 dudes. This is old news. This was gone over many times since the first discussions of Obamacare. In order to get healthcare reform done, Obama had to adopt a mandate-based system like that of Massechusetts. Voters already had a chance to toss him out. They didn't.
LeatherNLace
Regardless of what Obama said in 2008, he was reelected in 2012 with the individual mandate being a cornerstone of his platform.
DrEugeneFixer
reply to post by xuenchen
It's 2013 dudes. This is old news.
BrianFlanders
So it looks like Obama didn't exactly get reelected. Did he? No.
beezzer
reply to post by xuenchen
Oh what a difference a few years make.
"Bush lied, people died."
Now. . . .
"Obama lied. Er. . . meh."
DrEugeneFixer
BrianFlanders
So it looks like Obama didn't exactly get reelected. Did he? No.
Yes. He did.
Anyone who says otherwise is just in an extreme case of denial. Obama unambiguously won re-election after having lobbied for obamacare and signed it into law.
Romney was the best candidate that the Republican party had available. Sad, but that's how the election process works.