As they do in this article:
"Sept. 21, 2009 "Five Health Care Promises Obama Won't Keep"
"The President Could Be Close to Achieving Health Care Reform, but Not with All of his Campaign Promises:
"1. No Individual Mandate During the 2008 Democratic primary, Mr. Obama and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton both shared the goal of health care reform. By Mr. Obama's own admission, the biggest difference between the two candidates was that Clinton supported a mandate for all Americans to acquire health care. ...
"2. Complete Transparency Candidate Obama promised that health care deliberations with Congress and special interests would be transparent to the extreme. ...The president, members of Congress from both parties and special interest groups have indeed all participated in negotiations, but those conversations have not been broadcast. Instead, the president has announced deals with groups like the pharmaceutical industry and the insurance industry after they were worked out in backroom deals.
"3. Enable the Government to Directly Negotiate Drug Prices In the Jan. 31, 2008 debate, Mr. Obama said, "If a drug company -- if the drug companies or a member of Congress who's carrying water for the drug companies wants to argue that we should not negotiate for the cheapest available price on drugs, then I want them to make that argument in front of the American people." It turns out, however, Mr. Obama reneged on this promise in a secretive way."...
"4. Allow Drug Importation During the campaign, Mr. Obama said his plan (PDF) would "Allow consumers to import safe drugs from other countries" because "some companies are exploiting Americans by dramatically overcharging U.S. consumers." As noted above, the Obama administration secretly conceded to forgo the importation of cheaper drugs in its deal with the pharmaceutical industry. ...
"5. Lower Premiums by $2,500 for a Family of Four ..."
Read the whole article if you want to see how the deception of Obama takes various tactics and forms regarding these 5 promises: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/21/politics/main5326987.shtml
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