Barack Obama is giving Obamacare the last-ditch gung-ho effort and spin to try and salvage some sort of legacy for himself.

Every American with insurance is covered by the strongest set of consumer protections in history – a true Patients’ Bill of Rights. You now have free preventive care, like mammograms and contraception. There are no more annual or lifetime limits on the essential care you receive. Women can’t get charged more just for being a woman. Young people can stay on a parent’s plan until they turn 26, and seniors get discounts on their prescriptions. Every American can rest free from the fear that one illness or accident will derail your dreams — because discrimination against preexisting conditions is now illegal. And since 2010, we’ve seen the slowest health care price growth in 50 years.

This is such a massive load of crap that it’s hard to know where to begin. While what Obamacare has done is factually correct, there is always another side to the story. For example, yes, there are free preventative health care visits – right until you ask your doctor a question, and then you can be billed for an office visit. Discrimination against preexisting conditions is illegal – but insurance companies, desperate to cut corners and weed out as much fraud as possible, can throw as many roadblocks as possible in trying to get preauthorization or approval for extra services. In my own life, this has caused more headaches than I can tell you, as I have to get preauthorization for each speech therapy session that my autistic son gets. Yup, his speech-language pathologist and I get to check in every 8 to 12 weeks and tell the insurance company that – surprise!- he still has autism! So would they please approve more speech therapy sessions? It is a farce, it is annoying, and it is asinine. And yet, this is now the policy for a vast majority of health insurance plans – all rehabilitative or habilitative care MUST be pre-approved by the insurance company.