Health care politics run into economic reality

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President forced to add caveats to promises made during height of debate

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told voters repeatedly during the health care debate that the overhaul legislation would bring down fast-rising health care costs and save them money. Now, he's hemming and hawing on that.

So far, the law he signed earlier this year hasn't had the desired effect. An analysis from Medicare's Office of the Actuary this week said that the nation's health care tab will go up — not down — through 2019 as a result of Obama's sweeping law, though the increase is modest.

Obama offered some caveats when asked in his news conference Friday about the apparent discrepancy between what he promised and what's actually happening so far. On several other topics, too, his rhetoric fell short of a full accounting.

A look at some of the claims at his news conference and how they compare with the facts:

Read more:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39107994/ns/politics-white_house/

[Conan71]

He mis-spoke

[Hoss]

He mis-spoke

Kinda like that whole 'read my lips, no new taxes' shpiel, right?  Except maybe that was a little more 'black and white', as opposed to health care.

I wonder why it's such a big deal, we all knew it was going to happen to some extent.  He IS a politician after all.

[guido911]

He mis-spoke

Like when he assured us that if we spent nearly $1T in stimulus unemployment would not get past 8%. Sure glad he closed Gitmo though.