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MEBRO
06/18/26 · 11:41 PM UTC · 8 SOURCES
“Barack Obama told military members they should pay for their own private insurance because they volunteered for war and knew the consequences.”
HIGH CONFIDENCE
TL;DR ·This claim originated from a satirical article and uses fabricated quotes never spoken by Obama.
Multiple high-credibility sources confirm that President Barack Obama never made the statements attributed to him in this claim . The quote suggesting that troops should pay for their own insurance because they volunteered is a piece of fictional dialogue excerpted from a satirical article written by conservative humorist John Semmens in March 2009 . Fact-checkers at PolitiFact and Snopes have debunked this specific chain email, noting that the president did not call troops whiners or suggest they should bear the financial burden of war injuries . While the Obama administration briefly considered a proposal in 2009 to allow the VA to bill veterans' private insurance companies for treatment of service-related injuries, administration officials emphasized the plan would have had no financial impact on veterans themselves . That proposal was quickly abandoned following opposition from veterans' groups . Throughout his presidency, Obama publicly maintained that the nation must uphold its covenant with service members and fulfill its debt to those who serve .
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