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Four Pinocchios and a Pants on Fire

Although the President repeated the promise, “if you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it” over 36 times, millions of Americans are receiving cancellation notices from their providers.

Just yesterday, we found out that 250,000 health plans in Colorado are being cancelled, while only four people have enrolled in Delaware.

In fact, “Health insurance cancellation notices soar above ObamaCare enrollment rates.”

What’s worse? NBC reports that despite the repetition of his broken promise, President Obama has known for over three years that that cancellation notices would plague mailboxes across the country.

Which is why the Washington Post found the President’s claim so outrageous that they gave it four Pinocchios .

So the President reverted back to the usual campaign-style tactics to rewrite history and add a caveat to one of his most well-known and discredited promises.

But Politifact.com, gave the President a “Pants on Fire” rating because he, “…is ignoring the overwhelming majority of times he addressed the issue.”

And while top insurers are preparing for a one-year delay in the law, the President is waging an offensive to blame insurance companies for the disastrous impacts of his law. 

Yet, the Washington Post rightfully highlighted that this is only “…a classic case of misdirection” and gave it three Pinocchios.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reminded us that, “ObamaCare’s broken promises, cancellations are only the beginning.”

It’s no wonder House and Senate Democrats are joining their Republican colleagues in calling for a one-year delay of the law. 

One prominent Senate Democrat even referred to the President’s handling of the rollout as a “crisis of confidence.”