Guest Op-Ed: Obamacare’s Broken Promises
By U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm
Two years ago, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi famously told America that Congress had to pass President Obama’s health care law so that we could find out what’s in it. Well, now that we’ve had a chance to find out, it’s clear that this bill is full of policies and regulations that are hurting our small businesses and putting further strain on the budgets of American families. As we approach the two-year anniversary of Obamacare this Friday, March 23, let’s take a look at what President Obama promised, and what the law actually delivers.
Broken Promise #1: “If you like your plan, you can keep it.” Wrong. President Obama’s very own administration now estimates that the new regulations will force up to 80 percent of small businesses to give up their current plans by 2013.