Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Senator Kay Hagan Pathologically Lied about Obamacare




Since the implementation of Obamacare, health insurance has skyrocketed throughout the country.  North Carolina isn’t immune.  The average premium increase in the Tar Heel State is 7.7%.  Senator Kay Hagan promised cost would go down.  She couldn’t have been more wrong.

AFP has outlined a list of broken promises Senator Kay Hagan has made to North Carolinians.  Take a gander at this list of lies.


A History of Broken Promises: Hagan Promised North Carolinians They Could Keep Doctors & Their Plans At Least 20 Times

1.   Hagan: “I think the fundamental promise of this effort to the American people has been and continue to be that if you got health insurance now, you’re happy with it, you can keep it.” (Sen. Kay Hagan, Health Care Reform Markup, 6/17/09)

2.   Hagan: “First of all I want to be clear that if you have your insurance, you like your insurance, and your doctors, you keep them. We don’t want to do anything that’s going to change that part.” (Sen. Kay Hagan, Press Conference, 10/10/09)

3.   Hagan: “I also want to be sure that if you have health insurance you keep it. We don’t want to do anything to change that.” (Sen. Kay Hagan, Health care Reform: Senate Progress on the Bill 11/9/09)

4.   Hagan: “If you have health insurance and you like you physicians, keep it. Nothing is gonna change along those lines.” (WXII, NC Politicians Views on Healthcare Reform 8/15/09)

5.   Hagan: “My promise is that if you have health insurance that you’re happy with, then we don’t need to change that.” (Gordon Anderson, “Health care dominates discussion at meetings,” Sanford Herald, 8/26/09)

6.   Hagan: “If you have your health insurance and you like it, I want to be sure that whatever we do doesn’t interfere with that. I want to make sure that people can keep that health insurance.” (Sen. Kay Hagan, Remarks at NC AFL CIO Convention, 9/11/09)

7.   Hagan: “If you like your doctors you can definitely keep it, keep your health insurance.”  (Carolina News 14, 8/09)

8.   Hagan: “‘If people like their insurance, we don’t want to change it,’ Hagan said during a press conference in the hospital board room.”  (Paul B. Johnson, “Hagan touts reform during tour of hospital,” High Point Enterprise, 8/8/09)

9.   Hagan: “The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee crafted a bill that ensures that people who like their insurance and their doctors keep them. They also expand access to health insurance for those without it and slows down the skyrocketing cost of health care. Three critical components that President Obama called for in his speech to congress two weeks ago.” (Sen. Kay Hagan, Remarks on the Senate Floor, 9/23/09)

10.                     Hagan: “I have been focused on a reform bill that…ensures that if you like your insurance and your doctors, you keep them.”  (Sen. Kay Hagan, Remarks on the Senate Floor, 11/5/09)

11.                     Hagan: “Of course, we need to make sure that the people who are happy with their insurance can keep it.” (Sen. Kay Hagan, Senate HELP Committee Hearing, 4/30/09)
12.                     Hagan: “I think the key here is if you’ve got health insurance in our country, you keep. Whatever we do, I don’t want to dismantle any system where people are happy with the coverage that they have.” (Sen. Kay Hagan, Remarks at a Townhall, 2009)

13.                     Hagan: “Under this bill, people who lose or change their jobs can keep their health care. And we make certain that people who like their health insurance and their doctors get to keep them.”  (Sen. Kay Hagan, Op-Ed, “What I Want In Health Care Reform,” Charlotte Observer, 8/2/09)

14.                     Hagan: “I want to be sure that if you like your health insurance, you keep it. I don’t want to change that.”  (Sen. Kay Hagan, Interview, Keith Larson Show, 8/30/09)

15.                     Hagan: “…We’ve got to be sure that if you like your doctor and your health insurance, we’re not going to change.”  (Sarah Campbell, “Hagan Visit Emphasizes call For Health Care Reform,” Kinston Free Press, 8/24/09)

16.                     Hagan: “While there are many details that still need to be worked out, we ultimately need health insurance reform that ensures people who like their insurance and doctors keep them, expands access to health insurance for those without it, and slows down the skyrocketing cost of health care. I am committed to working with my Senate colleagues to ensure these critical components are included in the final bill.” (Sen. Kay Hagan, Hagan Comments On The Finance Committee’s Health Care Bill, Press Release9/16/09)

17.                     Hagan: “‘We have passed a compromise health care reform bill that will stabilize costs and ensure that people who are happy with their health care and doctors can keep them.” (Sen. Kay Hagan, “Health Reform Bill Passes Health Committee With Hagan Amendments,” Press Release, 7/15/09)

18.                     Hagan: “As I have said all along and the President just confirmed – people who like their current insurance and doctors will keep them.” (Sen. Kay Hagan, “Hagan Reaction To President Obama’s Heath Care Speech To A Joint Session Of Congress,” Press Release, 9/9/09)

19.                     Hagan: “It also expands coverage and ensures that if you like your insurance and your doctors, you keep them.” (Sen. Kay Hagan, “Hagan Comments On Finance Committee’s Passage Of Health Care Reform Bill,” Press Release, 10/13/09)

20.                     Hagan: “We are now ready to debate on the Senate floor a pro-patient, pro-consumer bill that strengthens the current system….Individuals and employers who like their health insurance and doctors will keep them.”  (Sen. Kay Hagan, “Hagan Comments On The Critical Step Forward For Health Care Reform In The Senate,”Press Release, 11/21/09)

21.                     Hagan: “People who like their insurance coverage and doctors will keep them.”  (Sen. Kay Hagan, “Hagan Comments On Senate Health Care Bill,” Press Release, 11/19/09)

22.                     Hagan Website: “Ensures you can keep the coverage you have…Individuals and employers who like their health insurance and doctors will keep them.” (“Health Care Facts: Middle Class Families,” www.hagan.senate.gov, Accessed 5/27/14)

23.                     Hagan: “‘People who have insurance they’re happy with can keep it.’” “We need to support the private insurance industry so that people who have insurance they’re happy with can keep it while also providing a backstop option for people without access to affordable coverage.” (“Republicans Vent As Other Compromise Plans Get Aired,” National Journal’s Congress Daily, 6/18/09)

24.                     Hagan Newsletter: “She also wants people to have the peace of mind to know that, if they are happy with their current plan and their current doctors, then they will be able to keep them.” (“Hagan Hotline: The Week In Review,” www.hagan.senate.gov, 6/19/09)

Due To Obamacare, Nearly Half A Million North Carolinians Received Cancellation Letters

473,724 North Carolinians Have Received Insurance Cancellation Letters Due To ObamaCare According To The North Carolina Department Of Insurance. “Twenty-one companies terminated 183,821 individual and group health insurance policies affecting 473,724 people by late October, according to figures collected by North Carolina’s Insurance Department. Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina issued 151,640 cancellations, followed by 20,370 by Coventry Health and 4,459 by Aetna. Aetna bought Coventry this year.” (Emery P. Dalesio, “Obama Move On Canceled Plans May Touch 475K In NC,” The Associated Press, 11/14/13)

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