Speaking at the AARP presidential forum in Iowa, Biden drew a contrast between his (health care) plan, which would give people a Medicare-like public option, and the “Medicare for All” plan championed by more progressive Democratic presidential candidates including Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
“If you like your health care plan, your employer-based plan, you can keep it. If in fact you have private insurance, you can keep it,” Biden said.
Biden’s speech echoed the now-infamous “if you like your doctor, you’re going to be able to keep your doctor” catchphrase former President Obama repeatedly said in 2009 and 2010 when he was trying to sell the public on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act.
I'm no expert, but if one is going to plagiarize anything it would behoove one to repeat something uplifting or inspirational. Repeating a quote which Politifact (hardly a conservative bastion, by the way) determined as the "Lie of the Year" in 2013 doesn't exactly fit that criteria.
If Biden is ever pressed on why Americans should believe that rhetoric now after years of the Obama administration (in which he served as VP) falsely uttering it, perhaps he can steal a quote from another infamous figure. It was boxing promoter Bob Arum who infamously proclaimed "Yesterday I was lying, today I'm telling the truth." If nothing else, the leftist media (PTR) will provide some cover with their focus being on conservatives "seizing" upon it.
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