Can we trust President Obama on health care?

Trust is a delicate issue. No, we cannot completely trust people. People will fail us. But, the critical issue NOW is--can we trust President Obama on health care reform?

I would have to say NO. This, of course, is a judgement, but just think about what the President said during his Town Hall Meeting the other day.
1. "I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter." This is not true. He has stated his endorsement of a single-payer system previously. See http://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2008/01/21/fact_check_obama_consistent_in.php
2. "You can keep your doctor." Well, until you are forced out of your private insurance. http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/20/obamacare-you-will-lose-your-current-insurance-period-end-of-story/
3. "You--just like a member of Congress--can choose your plan." Misleading, at best. Congresspeople can choose their own insurance. But a government mandated plan, competing with private insurance, and complete with many different deterrent to private insurance, is not part of Congress's policy.
4. "The AARP [is] on board because they know this is a good deal for seniors." False. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/08/president-obamas-senior-moment.html
5. "Seniors...this does not affect your benefits." False. Obama plans to cut more than $300 billion dollars from Medicare. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124485885782111927.html
6. "I won't sign a bill that adds to the deficit or to the national debt." Hmm, how has that worked out so far? Concerning health care proposals: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31949211/ns/politics-cq_politics/
7. Obama's health care proposals "should not burden people who make $250,000 or less." However, both House and Senate schemes have "employer mandates" that tax businesses who do not offer government health care, or have employees on both private and government health care. http://keithhennessey.com/2009/08/07/lower-wages/

In sum, I agree with President Obama on one thing he said. He compared the federally run Post Office with privately run UPS and Fedex. The President stated, "I mean, if you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? No, they are. It's the Post Office that's always having problems."
He is right. The government Post Office is "always having problems." It's losing billions of dollars and shutting down hundreds of post offices. Is this what our health care will look like? http://blog.heritage.org/2009/08/11/obamacare-the-post-office-of-health-care-plans/

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