You Lie
I got this idea from this Holman Jenkins column in the WSJ. He thinks there is “too much incentive for Americans to over-consume health care” and that low cost high-deductible coverage might be the solution.
Obama and Democrats in general hate that idea. Jenkins quotes Hillary Clinton in 1993:
“We just think people will be too focused on saving money and they won’t get the care for their children and themselves that they need . . .
“The money has to go to the federal government because the federal government will spend that money better.”
IBD says the reason HillaryCare didn’t become law in 1994 was because of the “Harry and Louise” ad campaign. The Harry and Louise characters hammered home the point that they would lose their cheap insurance and be forced to buy expensive insurance, of the government’s choosing, under the Clinton plan.
That’s why Obama lied early and often that “you can keep your plan, if you like it”, under ObamaCare. Now, people who happen to like their individual catastrophic coverage are learning the truth.
You Lie
South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson was an obnoxious boor when he shouted “You lie” during President Obama’s 2009 State of the Union speech. But he didn’t lie.
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