Fox's Chris Wallace Backs Obamacare Architect Into Corner On 'Keep Your Doctor' Promise
On the December 8 “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace pressed Obamacare architect Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel repeatedly about how the president’s Obamacare promises are not turning out to be true.
In 2009, Obama told the American Medical Association: “We will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period.” But in 2013, Dr. Emanuel insisted there wasn’t a period, but an asterisk: you can keep your doctor if you pay higher premiums for it.
On the December 8 “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace pressed Obamacare architect Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel repeatedly about how the president’s Obamacare promises are not turning out to be true.
In 2009, Obama told the American Medical Association: “We will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period.” But in 2013, Dr. Emanuel insisted there wasn’t a period, but an asterisk: you can keep your doctor if you pay higher premiums for it.
EMANUEL: The president never said you were going to have unlimited choice of any doctor in the country you want to go to. So let me just –
WALLACE: Wait, no. He asked a question. "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." Did he not say that, sir?
EMANUEL: He didn't say you could have unlimited choice.
WALLACE: Wait, no. He asked a question. "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." Did he not say that, sir?
EMANUEL: He didn't say you could have unlimited choice.