Claim: Back when he was courting voters, then-candidate Barack Obama boasted that his health care plan would save the typical family "up to $2,500" a year. And May 13, as President Obama, he repeated the claim, this time relying both on undefined "comprehensive reform" and a cost-control promise by the insurance and medical industries to garner such benefits: Obama, May 13: On Monday I met with representatives of the insurance and the drug companies, doctors and hospitals,
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Verdict: back when he was courting voters, then-candidate barack obama boasted that his health care plan would save the typical family "up to $2,500" a year. and may 13, as president obama, he repeated the claim, this time relying both on undefined "comprehensive reform" and a cost-control promise by the insurance and medical industries to garner such benefits: obama, may 13: on monday i met with representatives of the insurance and the drug companies, doctors and hospitals,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2009-05-15T19:04:40