# Health insurance and the '08 campaign

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 7, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-and-the-08-campaign/531574 "2010-03-07T01:46:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-and-the-08-campaign/531574/1 "2010-03-07T01:46:39Z")

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This is a GQ, but I figure it’ll probably turn into a GD. (And if I’d phrased it as a GD, I figure it’d turn into a BBQ.)

What, precisely, did Obama say during the '08 campaign about health insurance? Is there a website somewhere that lists his quotes on that subject, in each debate and the assorted speeches?

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-and-the-08-campaign/531574/2 "2010-03-07T02:11:57Z")

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Here is a description of his official plans from the election campaign.

[http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the\_health\_care\_blog/2008/03/a-detailed-anal.html](http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2008/03/a-detailed-anal.html)

[http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Fund-Reports/2008/Oct/The-2008-Presidential-Candidates-Health-Reform-Proposals--Choices-for-America.aspx](http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Fund-Reports/2008/Oct/The-2008-Presidential-Candidates-Health-Reform-Proposals--Choices-for-America.aspx)

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**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-and-the-08-campaign/531574/3 "2010-03-07T02:16:42Z")

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This site also seems to track and grade the campaign promises:

> **[Obameter: Campaign Promises that are about Health Care |
    PolitiFact](https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/subjects/health-care/)**
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> PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.