Posted on 12/03/2013 1:00:22 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
President Obama declared Tuesday that ObamaCare "is working" and that "we're not going back," as the White House looked to reboot its efforts to sell Americans on the president's signature healthcare law.
Obama said that "poor execution" of the rollout of HealthCare.gov had "clouded" the benefits of the bill, but said he would not allow technical glitches to undermine a program that was providing financial security for many Americans.
"If I've got to fight another three years to make sure this law works, that's what we'll do," Obama said.
"We're not repealing it as long as I'm president," he added. "I want everybody to be clear about that. We'll make it work."
The president, flanked by supporters who had benefited from aspects of the law, vacillated between a defense of his embattled program and a sales pitch intended to highlight some of ObamaCare's benefits for ordinary families.
Obama shared stories of individuals who had been helped by provisions of the law that allowed those under 26 to remain on their parents' health insurance, or receive free preventive care.
Acknowledging that the benefits of the program had "gotten lost a little bit," the president urged attendees to tell their friends and families about the law's success stories.
"It's working better now and it's just going to keep on working better over time," Obama said.
In his remarks, the president shied away from directly addressing more recent critiques of the ObamaCare website, including reports that the portal was continuing to provide insurers with error-riddled enrollment information. Obama did say that as new problems arose, the administration would address them.
"Whatever comes up, we're going to fix it," he said, adding later that the White House had " learned not to make wild promises about how perfectly smooth it's going to be."
The president also chastised critics of the law, saying Republicans "haven't presented an alternative" that would address flaws of the pre-ObamaCare system. He singled out Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), saying the Republican leader "refused to answer" when asked what his alternate proposal was.
"He just repeated 'repeal' over and over and over again," Obama said.
Earlier Tuesday, McConnell said the president's "campaign-style event won’t solve the myriad problems facing consumers under ObamaCare."
“The American people have been learning about the impact ObamaCare will have on individuals and families in the form of higher premiums, disrupted insurance, and lost jobs—more broken promises from the administration. And they’re becoming increasingly aware of the fact ObamaCare is broken beyond repair," McConnell said.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday that the president's event was the first of many in a "renewed effort to refocus the public and the public's attention on the benefits of the law."
Carney said that in the coming days, the president and other White House officials would talk about existing benefits under ObamaCare, including insurance plans mandating free preventive care, ending discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, and the curbed growth in healthcare costs.
The White House spokesman said that sales effort would use "a number of different venues," including press events and Internet advertising campaigns.
"This is an opportunity now that the website is functioning effectively for the vast majority of users and we are seeing high volume and high volume being handled effectively by the website and people enrolling that it's an opportune time to talk about, again, the actual benefits that are provided by the law," Carney said.
or the waiting till ...
“We’ll see, butthole.”
Butt Boy Bama!
2016?
Another lie, but at this point, it is tough to keep track of the BS this guy spews.
You won’t have to worry about repealing it. It is going to down on it’s own.
Think it’s the little while house by the railway line.
“We have to destroy the middle class in order to save it. < / sarcasm >”
I would say there is a lot of truth in that from their point of view. They DO want to destroy a segment of our country.
President Obama declared Tuesday that ObamaCare “is working” and that “we’re not going back”. He also maintained that Eastasia has always been at war with Oceania.
Borrowed from “We Can’t Stop” by Miley Cyrus.
Obama singing:
“It’s our party we can do what we want
It’s our party we can say what we want
It’s our party we can love who we want
We can kiss who we want
We can rob who we want (2x)
The poor and their sick bodies everywhere
We steal from the earners like they don’t care
Cause we came to transform this place now
But somebody here might figure it out now
If you’re not ready to pay for yourself now
Can I get a hell no
Cause we gonna sell it all night
Till we see the money alright
So la da di da di, we like democrat party
Dancing with Shellee
Doing whatever we want
This is our house
This is our rules
And we can’t stop
And we won’t stop
Can’t you see it’s we who own the night
Can’t you see it we who bout’ that life
And we can’t stop
And we won’t stop
We run things, Things don’t run we
We take everything from somebody”
yep, it’s the things people say.
and the blue and red flash.
he’s not planning on EVER leaving...it will take more than the constitution and an election to ever get the asshole rat out of the people’s house...BUT it CAN be done...one way or another!!!!!!!
Be Careful.
But did he say “We’re not going back, PERIOD?”
Why aren’t my Texan leaders reacting to this, let alone DOING something about it????????
yes, I haven’t seen you in ages.
The wood chipper works better now; bring the lives to ruin.
“period”
Maybe... that word he keeps using... maybe it does not mean what we think it means...
Bet it’s a comma.
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