Posted on 11/15/2013 2:50:21 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
President Obama defiantly pledged to preserve his healthcare law, trumpeting the Affordable Care Act in Ohio on Thursday, even as Democrats pursue a legislative fix for his signature domestic achievement.
Obama traveled to an ArcelorMittal steel plant in Cleveland for an event that was supposed to focus on economic gains made by the administration. However, the president was forced to confront the botched rollout of Obamacare, setbacks that have put Democrats on the defensive and entirely consumed Washington.
I'm going to see this through, Obama said of the healthcare law.
We are not going to gut this law; we will fix what needs to be fixed, he added.
......The insurance industry largely ripped the proposal, saying it would undo much of the work they have done to prepare to implement the sweeping law.
Democratic lawmakers are still pursuing legislative changes, saying the administrations fix doesnt go far enough to help the millions of Americans receiving cancellation notices.
Obama at the Ohio event was noticeably less apologetic than during a White House press conference Thursday morning, in which he conceded the administration had fumbled the Obamacare rollout.
We always knew this was going to be hard, the president told the Cleveland crowd. Theres a reason the folks who tried to do this for 100 years hadnt done it.
The president also took a swipe at the same insurance companies he is now asking to renew cancelled coverage plans.
Under Obamacare, the president said insurance companies would no longer jack up your premium so you cant afford it just because you had some sort of preexisting condition.
The president travels to Philadelphia later Thursday for a Democratic fundraiser."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
um,, lets take a look at the 1914 health plan then and see what it contained ....
uh huh
(me guessing obama thinks 100 years ago was before the civil war)
And why the Upton Bill was put out there. But the president said he will veto it. Obama cares not about tossing a lifeline to the people he's tossed overboard.
When Obama gets in trouble, he tends to “double down” so watching The Won hoist the Dems with the Obamacare petard ... well, rather sweet.
Just communist folks.
Bump!
I almost thought he was going let the mask slip at this point in his speech and let on that this has been a socialist wet dream for a century.
The control freak fascists in power DO play on the ignorant good intentions of the sheeperal.
I know a few sheeperals, and not only do they not have the control freak goals that we see in the leadership,
they are appalled that anyone would even suggest such goals.
They have their own sense of “good personhood” all wrapped up in those intentions, too, so pointing out the evil in the implementation is taken as an attack.
Just people who are ignoarrogant enough to think this can work from a centralized control location.
“And why the Upton Bill was put out there. But the president said he will veto it. Obama cares not about tossing a lifeline to the people he’s tossed overboard.”
I hope it is too little, too late; the Dems have to pay for this, and slight modifications (especially that are only delaying it for a year) should still damage them badly in the mid-terms. Maybe just wishful thinking on my part...
Theres a reason the folks who tried to do this for 100 years hadnt done it.
Is he talking about healthcare or communism?
Could be either one.
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