On June 15, 2009, Obama said this:
"We will keep this promise to the American people. If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your healthcare plan, you will be able to keep your healthcare plan. Period.?
According to NBC News, approximately 50 to 75 percent of the 14 million Americans who buy their health insurance individually should expect to receive a cancellation letter over the next year "because their existing policies don?t meet the standards mandated by the new health care law."
This could result in millions of Americans being forced to purchase different policies, potentially at higher premiums.
?This says that when they made the promise [that individuals could keep their plans], they knew half the people in this market outright couldn?t keep what they had and then they wrote the rules so that others couldn?t make it either,? Robert Laszewski of Health Policy and Strategy Associates told NBC News.
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