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 Release, 9/16/09)
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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