Megyn Kelly battled Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) over President Barack Obama’s promise that all Americans would be able keep their health care plans under Obamacare, a claim that has proven to be false. While some Democratic lawmakers have admitted the president should have been more clear about the regulations, Obama and other administration officials are blaming insurance companies for causing what is predicted to be as many as 10 million Americans to lose their individual plans.
Rep. Pallone made the latter argument, telling Kelly that insurance companies got “caught” selling “lousy” plans that offered little coverage at a high cost. Under Obamacare, the companies will now offer what he says are better plans at an “affordable price.”
“But that’s only partially true,” Kelly argued. “Some of the insurance companies said, ‘alright I’m going to cancel the policies,’ because that happens in the insurance market. But many, many other policies…are being canceled because the regulations imposed on them by Obamacare left them with no choice.”
“That is absolutely not true,” Pallone shot back.
(Fox News)
Kelly reminded the congressman that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius herself admitted any insurance plan that went up by as much as $5 would not be eligible to be “grandfathered” in due to Obamacare regulations. She played the soundbite just to emphasize her point.
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