VIDEO: Steel Plant Manager Calls Out Obama To His Face Recently, an outrageous video shows just how sensitive Obama is to the American working people. When a manager of a steel plant asked the president about rising healthcare costs, Obama claimed that the average family has saved $1,800. Wed like to talk to those families, please. Obama went on to claim that the plants human resources department probably was not shopping for healthcare rates effectively. He claimed that exchanges are working to save people money, and that the manager was likely not taking advantage of them. While that sounds like a great story, the truth is that healthcare costs in the U.S. are at a record high, reaching $3.8 trillion according to Forbes. After plan design changes and vendor negotiations, the average health care premium rate increase for large employers in 2013 was 3.3 percent, down from 4.9 percent in 20122 and 8.5 percent in 2011, the Insurance Journal reports. However, average health care premium increases are projected to moved back to the 6 percent to 7 percent range. Thats a detail that the president conveniently left out. Watch the video below and tell us what you think. 