This was the goal of Obama (YouTube took down the video, as usual, showing Obama stating he wanted to end employer-paid health care in 10, 15 or 20 years) and Democrats to force Americans to lose their employer-paid health benefits so they all would be force onto the government exchanges.
From The Hill:
As many as 20 million Americans could lose their employer-provided coverage because of President Obama’s healthcare reform law, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a new report Thursday.
The figure represents the worst-case scenario, CBO says, and the law could just as well increase the number of people with employer-based coverage by 3 million in 2019.
The best estimate, subject to a “tremendous amount of uncertainty,” is that about 3 million to 5 million fewer people will obtain coverage through their employer each year from 2019 through 2022.
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc) points out one of several Obama lies:
…”President Obama’s string of empty promises is quickly becoming a disappointing trail of broken promises,” House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said in a statement. “He promised Americans that his overhaul of the health care sector would not jeopardize the health coverage of those who liked what they had. As nonpartisan analysts made clear today, millions of Americans will soon learn the hard way that Washington’s overreach into their health care decisions will result in sharp disruptions to their coverage and their care.”
[...] Pelosi didn’t read the CBO report that said 20 million would lose their employer-paid health insurance and that ObamaCare will insure 2 million less while doubling in cost. And so that is why I’m [...]
[...] This was the g0al for Obama. He said he wanted to get Americans off the employer-paid health care system and he is doing it two-fold. One by keeping unemployment high due to his failed policies. 2) ObamaCare will make it more profitable for employers to drop health care coverage, since the fine will be cheaper than the high insurance premiums. [...]