White House Official Website Still Features Video "Debunking" the "Disinformation" That People Will Lose Their Coverage;
Features Obama Promising Twice "If You Like Your Insurance, You Can Keep Your Insurance"

From @benk84.

The video is hosted by a former ABCNews reporter who joined the Obama Administration (big shock!), Linda Douglas.

The post is titled "Facts Are Stubborn Things."

I think Jake Tapper tweeted this out to his followers on Monday. Video below, but here's the White House still making its false promise. It starts with the "UPDATE" part; that isn't a mistake on my part.

UPDATE: As part of our effort to push back on the misinformation about health insurance reform, we've launched WhiteHouse.gov/realitycheck. It's full of videos and tools you can use to share the facts with your friends and family. Check it out.

Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as our second president famously said, "facts are stubborn things."

Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet, breathlessly claiming, for example, to "uncover" the truth about the President’s health insurance reform positions.

In this video, Linda Douglass, the communications director for the White House’s Health Reform Office, addresses one example that makes it look like the President intends to "eliminate" private coverage, when the reality couldn’t be further from the truth.

For the record, the President has consistently said that if you like your insurance plan, your doctor, or both, you will be able to keep them. He has even proposed eight consumer protections relating specifically to the health insurance industry.
There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation.

Sometimes these rumors travel via a notification from one's insurance company that one's policy is being canceled due to Obamacare.

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