From Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters:
As President Obama repeatedly tells America that his plan for healthcare reform will not lead to the elimination of private health insurance, statements he made in 2007 and 2003 tell a different story altogether.
In shocking video uncovered by our good friends at Naked Emperor News, Obama, speaking at SEIU's New Leadership Health Care Forum on March 24, 2007, said, "My commitment is to make sure that we have universal healthcare for all Americans by the end of my first term as President."
Later in the discussion, he elaborated:
"I would hope that we set up a system that allows those who can go through their employer to access a federal system or a state pool of some sort. But I don't think we're going to be able to eliminate employer coverage immediately. There's going to be potentionally some transition process. I can envision a decade out or fifteen years out or 20 out."
In 2003, Obama stated at an AFL-CIO Civil, Human and Women's Rights Conference:
"I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal healthcare plan...That's what I'd like to see."
Later in the video, viewers are treated to Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) saying on July 27 of this year:
"I think that if we get a good public option, it could lead to single payer, and that's the best way to reach single payer."
Yet, the way media are reporting this issue, those who want to stay with private insurance -- which is the vast majority of Americans -- will be able to do so.
Will these new revelations about what Obama really wants make it to a news outlet near you?
Stay tuned.
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