Valerie Jarrett whitewashes Obamacare, says it is lowering premiums in order to get people to sign up

Valerie Jarrett was on with CBSLA this morning to talk about signing up for the new healthcare law and at the end of the interview she claimed that Obamacare is lowering premiums, not mentioning all the American’s who’ve had their premiums skyrocket:

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That’s why this is so important. What we’ve seen over the last four years since our healthcare plan was passed is we’ve had less increase in premiums than ever before in the last 50 years. We are beginning to, as we say, reduce those costs and that is a big part of the “Affordable Care Act” is that we want to emphasize outcomes, not just how many tests a physician orders, but how can we actually have patients, Americans be healthier.

It was contentious when was being litigated in Washington. But now that it’s touching people’s lives — and I hear so many stories of people who signed up in December, had something happen in January, went in and they are getting treatment; children with preexisting conditions who continue get covered before now. Everyone is covered regardless of whether or not you have a preexisting condition. There are so many advantages to the healthcare law and I think now that it’s being implemented people will see just how it touches their lives and the lives of their family members.


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