BO, talking to House Republicans:
If you look at the package that we've presented -- and there's some stray cats and dogs that got in there that we were eliminating, we were in the process of eliminating. For example, we said from the start that it was going to be important for us to be consistent in saying to people if you can have your -- if you want to keep the health insurance you got, you can keep it, that you're not going to have anybody getting in between you and your doctor in your decision making. And I think that some of the provisions that got snuck in might have violated that pledge.
Well, now. Just who might have "snuck" those provisions in?
The primary issue with health insurance - and the only plausible argument for federal intervention - is that states have imposed a variety of mandates upon health insurance providers. The continuing upward spiral in health insurance rates is directly attributable to the continued meddling by state politicians in what should be free-market enterprise - yet this is precisely what Obamacare would impose at a federal level.
We don't need more political mandates; we need fewer. Health insurance could, and would, be affordable if politicians simply quit their constant meddling. The problem lies not with the health insurance industry, but with the politicians who keep mandating coverage that a lot of people just don't need.
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