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POLL: Should President Obama Fulfill 'Keep Your Plan' Promise?

Former President Bill Clinton has called on Obama to honor his commitment to allow people to keep the health care plans they currently have.

"If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what." - President Barack Obama, 2009

Those words continue to haunt the Obama administration as complaints mount regarding the impact of the Affordable Care Act -- commonly known as Obamacare -- on individual policyholders.
Several lawmakers have voiced support for legislation that would allow insurers to continue selling policies in effect on Jan. 1, 2013, regardless of whether or not those policies meet the coverage requirements specified under Obamacare.
Former President Bill Clinton has also joined the debate calling on President Obama to accept a change in the health care law which would allow existing policies to continue to be sold.

“I personally believe even if it takes a change in the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got,” Clinton said according to a New York Times article.

White House officials, the New York Times reports, have made it clear President Obama is "skeptical of any solution that would allow insurance companies to continue selling what officials consider to be cheap and substandard policies."

Would you support legislation to allow policyholders to keep existing health care plans even if those plans do not meet Obamacare minimum standards? Should President Obama take steps to make sure his "you can keep your plan" promise is kept? Let us know in the comments or vote in our online poll. Note: This is not a scientific poll. It is for entertainment purposes only.

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