Reality Confronts Obama’s False Promise

In "Reality Confronts Obama’s False Promise" by Brooks Jackson the author explains that factcheck.org has been reporting for years that the Affordable Care Act will cause many Americans to lose and or pay more for insurance coverage than they currently were. Despite President Obama's constant assurances that “if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan”(Obama). The article states that estimates of up to 15 million Americans or 5% of the population mainly the young and healthy will lose their current coverage and be forced to pay thousands more on the new exchanges. While the previously un-insurable will now be able to get insurance because it is law as well as the elderly many of their current plans will cost less now. The author argues that over the last three years factcheck.org has been reporting this would happen, but just now are we seeing the evidence of those first effected. Due to the Presidents position of authority most Americans believed in the Affordable Care Act and the lie he told that if you currently like your health care you will keep it, despite the fact that the administration has known for around three years that many Americans would lose their current coverage. This fallacy is a perfect example of argument from authority, Z is true because X authority says it is true. As we are currently seeing and may be experiencing that is not always the case.