Why did Dear Leader Øbama speak of eliminating private health insurance in 2007?

employer coverage = private health insurance "I would hope that we could set up a system that allows those who can go through their employer to access a federal system or a state pool of some sort. But I don't think we're going to be able to eliminate employer coverage immediately. There's going to be potentially some transition process." -- Barack Øbama, March 24, 2007
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Obama openly campaigned for Universal Health care for everyone. This would automatically end all private health insurance coverages.
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