A Paranoid Obama Has FeverDreams: “Obama Says Insurers Are Trying to Block Change”
Desperate.
Obama Says Insurers Are Trying to Block Change
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: August 14, 2009
BELGRADE, Mont. — President Obama on Friday accused some insurance companies of trying to undermine his plans for overhauling health care by “funding in opposition,” a comment that could inflame tensions at a time when Mr. Obama is hoping to keep insurers at the negotiating table.
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President Obama speaking about his plans for health care on Friday in Belgrade, Mont.
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The president, who did not mention any company by name, made the comment in a question and answer session at a town-hall-style meeting here. He was responding to an insurance salesman who challenged him on why the White House had decided to “vilify the insurance companies” by shifting its strategy from talking about reshaping health care to emphasizing changes in health insurance.