“We’ll lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family per year…by the end of my first term as president.”      –Democratic candidate Barack Obama in June, 2008

“The other thing we’ve done is to say, what are the critical needs of small business? A lot of time, one of the biggest challenges is to make sure that you, as a sole proprietor, that you can get health insurance for you and your family.  So when you hear about the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — and I don’t mind the name because I really do care.  That’s why we passed it. You should know that once we have fully implemented, you’re going to be able to buy insurance through a pool so that you can get the same good rates as a group that if you’re an employee at a big company you can get right now — which means your premiums will go down.” 
— President Obama, campaign speech in Cincinnati, July 16, 2012