North Carolina GOP: Kay Hagan’s Nonexistent Obamacare Accountability
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It would be a grand understatement to say that Obamacare has been a bit of a sore subject for
Hagan cast the deciding vote for Obamacare and falsely promised North Carolinians that they could keep their plans if they like them on no fewer than 24 separate occasions.
But since Obamacare exchanges opened last October, Hagan has mightily struggled to defend her support for the law and explain why she repeatedly lied to her constituents.
In recent months, Hagan has responded to every question about her Obamacare record by either giving excuses, flip-flopping on her previous positions, or flat-out refusing to answer.
Earlier this week, Hagan held a press conference to announce that she is running for re-election. The event turned into a media circus once reporters asked her when she discovered that Obamacare would cause Americans to lose their health insurance plans.
Hagan wouldn't give an answer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xUbIVl70Ow), and then proceeded to walk out of the building (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI4lsfFoNjc), only to be followed by reporters who repeated (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSypmqZUyEM) the question.
Perhaps the most honest answer Hagan has given was when she begrudgingly admitted that if given a chance to do it all over, she would still vote for Obamacare again.
* "But when pressed about whether she would back the health care law if she had another chance, Hagan said: 'Yeah, I would vote for it again.'" (
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HAGAN ON BEING ABLE TO KEEP YOUR PLAN UNDER OBAMACARE
WHAT HAGAN PROMISED:
Hagan Told North Carolinians That If The Liked Their Health Care Plans They Could Keep Them Under Obamacare, No Fewer Than 24 Times. [Please refer the end of the release for the full list].
HOW HAGAN VOTED:
In 2010, Hagan Voted To Keep Obamacare's Grandfather Rule, Which Ultimately Caused Millions Of Americans To Lose Their Plans.
* "
THE CONSEQUENCES OF KAY HAGAN'S OBAMACARE LIES
Over 473,000 North Carolinians Received Cancellation Notices.
* "More than 473,000 people in
PolitiFact Named Hagan's Broken Promise As "The Lie Of The Year" For 2013.
* "The debate about the health care law rages on, but friends and foes of Obamacare have found one slice of common ground: The president's 'you can keep it' claim has been a real hit to his credibility." [PolitiFact (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/dec/12/lie-year-if-you-like-your-health-care-plan-keep-it/), 12/12/13]
North Carolinians Were Shocked To See Their Plans Didn't Meet Obamacare Requirements.
* "It's been aggravating to have to the policy that you were perfectly happy with doesn't exist anymore. You can't keep it, you have to go on another planthe Affordable Care Act did not make it very affordable for me." [WRAL (http://ncgop.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f3100bc5464cbba2f472ddf2c&id=0954eb814a&e=2b673502d2), 11/6/13]
* "'Because the President and
* "
HAGAN'S RESPONSE TO THE CANCELLATIONS:
Hagan Has Refused To Apologize For Lying To North Carolinians.
* "State Republicans say Senator Hagan should be held accountable for promises she made about the Affordable Care ActTonight, she is issuing no apologies." [WTVD (http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/politics&id=9318893), 11/8/13]
* "Almost every dollar spent so far take aim at her repeated promise that if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. Turns out, that wasn't true for everyone. When asked about it, Hagan side steps, instead talking about how she's trying to make good on the promise now." [WTVD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffeMoZlhxNw&feature=youtu.be), 2/24/14]
Hagan Has Blamed Insurance Companies--Not Obamacare--For The Cancellations.
* "Well once again, as I said earlier, it wasn't clear that the insurance companies were selling substandard plans. And then they had to go and cancel that." [
PolitiFact Has Rated Hagan's Blame Game As "FALSE."
* "Even if it's technically true that the insurer pulls the plug on a plan, the insurer will only be doing this because the law itself and its implementing regulations have created a context in which, sooner or later, old-fashioned plans will inevitably pass into oblivion -- as the law always intended. We rate the statement False." [PolitiFact (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/oct/30/valerie-jarrett/valerie-jarrett-says-nothing-obamacare-forces-peop/), 10/30/13]
Hagan Has Refused To Admit When She Discovered That Obamacare Would Cause Cancellations
* "The first-term Democrat has declined to respond to questions about when she knew that policies would be canceled. She was a member of the
* "Sen
* "Asked about it again Monday at a press conference in
* "After filing for reelection this week Sen.
HAGAN ON OBAMACARE'S CUTS TO MEDICARE
WHAT HAGAN PROMISED:
Hagan Originally "Guaranteed" That Obamacare Would Not Cause Seniors To See A Drop In Their Medicare Coverage.
* "When asked about cuts in
Hagan Even Claimed That Cuts To Medicare Advantage Would Make Things "Fairer."
* "Health care reform gradually moves to a fairer payment system for private insurance companies that participate in
HOW HAGAN VOTED:
Hagan Cast The Deciding Vote For Obamacare, Which Cut Medicare Advantage By Over
* "ObamaCare enacted
In 2009 And 2010 Hagan Voted Against Protecting Medicare Advantage From Those Cuts.
(H.R. 3590,
(H.R. 4872, Baucus Motion To Table Hatch Motion, Roll Call Vote #72 (http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00072), Agreed To 56-42: R 0-40; D 56-2, 3/24/10, Hagan Voted Yea)
THE CONSEQUENCES OF CUTTING MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BY
526,000 Seniors Have Lost Their Current Medicare Advantage Plans.
* "Some 526,000 seniors -- 5% of
Seniors Who Rely On Medicare Advantage Are Already Seeing Fewer Options And Are Losing Their Doctors.
* "Benefits experts say patients are seeing fewer plan choices this year, and more are losing doctors from their insurance coverage networks." [
HAGAN'S ELECTION-YEAR FLIP-FLOP:
In 2014, Hagan Co-Signed A Letter To The Obama Administration Expressing "Serious Concerns" Over Cuts To Medicare Advantage Reimbursement Rates.
"We write to raise serious concerns about the
HAGAN ON OBAMACARE'S MEDICAL DEVICE TAX
HOW HAGAN VOTED:
Hagan Voted For Obamacare, Which Imposed A 2.3 Percent Tax On The Sale Of Medical Devices. (H.R. 3590, Roll Call Vote #396, Adopted 60-39: R 0-39; D 60-0, 12/24/09, Hagan Voted Yea)
In
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MEDICAL DEVICE TAX:
An AdvaMed Survey Found The Tax Has Already Destroyed 33,000 Industry Jobs And Could Eventually Cost As Many As 165,000 Jobs.
* "The tax has resulted in employment reductions of approximately 14,000 industry workers and forgone hiring of 19,000 workers. The total job impact of the tax on industry employment was approximately 33,000.Applying this ratio to jobs lost or foregone suggests that the impact of the tax on indirect employment would be approximately 132,000 jobs, for a total job loss due to the tax of as many as 165,000 jobs." [AdvaMed (http://advamed.org/res.download/417), 2/14]
HAGAN'S ELECTION-YEAR FLIP-FLOP:
In Late 2013, Hagan Signed-On To A Bill To Repeal The Medical Device Tax.
* "Sen.
THE 24 TIMES HAGAN PROMISED YOU COULD KEEP YOUR PLAN IF YOU LIKE IT
HAGAN WEBSITE: "Ensures you can keep the coverage you haveIndividuals and employers who like their health insurance and doctors will keep them." (
HAGAN: "I think the fundamental promise of this effort to the American people has been and continue to be that if you got health insurance now, you're happy with it, you can keep it." (
HAGAN: 'People who have insurance they're happy with can keep it' "We need to support the private insurance industry so that people who have insurance they're happy with can keep it while also providing a backstop option for people without access to affordable coverage." ("Republicans Vent As Other Compromise Plans Get Aired,"
HAGAN: "First of all I want to be clear that if you have your insurance, you like your insurance, and your doctors, you keep them. We don't want to do anything that's going to change that part." (Kay Hagan,
HAGAN: "I also want to be sure that if you have health insurance you keep it. We don't want to do anything to change that." (
HAGAN: "If you have health insurance and you like you physicians, keep it. Nothing is gonna change along those lines." (WXII, "NC Politicians' Views on Healthcare Reform (http://ncgop.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f3100bc5464cbba2f472ddf2c&id=fe2955d0a5&e=2b673502d2)," 8/15/09)
HAGAN: "My promise is that if you have health insurance that you're happy with, then we don't need to change that." (
HAGAN: "If you have your health insurance and you like it, I want to be sure that whatever we do doesn't interfere with that. I want to make sure that people can keep that health insurance." (Kay Hagan,
HAGAN: "If you like your doctors you can definitely keep it, keep your health insurance." (
HAGAN: "'If people like their insurance, we don't want to change it,' Hagan said during a press conference in the hospital board room." (
HAGAN: "
HAGAN: "I have been focused on a reform bill thatensures that if you like your insurance and your doctors, you keep them." (
HAGAN: "Of course, we need to make sure that the people who are happy with their insurance can keep it." (
HAGAN: "I think the key here is if you've got health insurance in our country, you keep. Whatever we do, I don't want to dismantle any system where people are happy with the coverage that they have." (
HAGAN: "Under this bill, people who lose or change their jobs can keep their health care. And we make certain that people who like their health insurance and their doctors get to keep them." (
HAGAN: "I want to be sure that if you like your health insurance, you keep it. I don't want to change that." (
HAGAN: "We've got to be sure that if you like your doctor and your health insurance, we're not going to change." (
HAGAN: "While there are many details that still need to be worked out, we ultimately need health insurance reform that ensures people who like their insurance and doctors keep them, expands access to health insurance for those without it, and slows down the skyrocketing cost of health care. I am committed to working with my
HAGAN: "'We have passed a compromise health care reform bill that will stabilize costs and ensure that people who are happy with their health care and doctors can keep them." (
HAGAN: "As I have said all along and the President just confirmed - people who like their current insurance and doctors will keep them." (
HAGAN: "It also expands coverage and ensures that if you like your insurance and your doctors, you keep them." (
HAGAN: "We are now ready to debate on the
HAGAN: "People who like their insurance coverage and doctors will keep them." (
HAGAN NEWSLETTER: "She also wants people to have the peace of mind to know that, if they are happy with their current plan and their current doctors, then they will be able to keep them." ("
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