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(CNN) – President Barack Obama called on his fellow Democrats to "forcefully defend and be proud" of the fact that millions of people have signed up for health care insurance through the federal marketplaces, and faulted Republicans who are still angling to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
"I don't think we should apologize for it. I don't think we should be defensive about it. I think there is a strong, good, right story to tell," Obama said Thursday during a rare appearance at the daily White House news conference.
Obama announced that the number of people who have signed up for private insurance through the marketplaces has grown to 8 million. About 35% of those people are under the age of 35, he added. That number is slightly less than the 40% that the White House and independent experts originally forecast for the system to work successfully, but it's higher than numbers released earlier this year.
"This thing is working," Obama said Thursday.
"If Republicans want to spend all their time talking about repealing a law that's working, that's their business," he added.
"More than two dozen widows who were married to retired Madison county employees, lost their health insurance coverage earlier this year. And now one commissioner says it's time to give it back to them. The change was sparked by the new federal health care law, but whether or not coverage can actually be restored really isn't clear," said the anchor.
Says the reporter, "Madison county commissioner Roger Jones says no one realized just how much the new federal health care law would change things, especially for the spouses of some of his former employees."
"A lot of these people are on fixed incomes, low fixed incomes. Some of them are living on Social Security and very little else and health insurance is very important to them," says the county commissioner.
originally posted by: Destinyone
originally posted by: beezzer
I signed up to Amazon dot com.
Didn't buy anything though.
lolz
Bet you got counted in the Obamacare sign ups anyway...
Des
originally posted by: beezzer
originally posted by: Destinyone
originally posted by: beezzer
I signed up to Amazon dot com.
Didn't buy anything though.
lolz
Bet you got counted in the Obamacare sign ups anyway...
Des
I did sign into Obamacare dot website to check out prices.
Gave a phoney name.
So Obama is touting "Betty Flatulence" as an enrollee.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
originally posted by: LDragonFire
a reply to: beezzer
Isn't this a felony?
originally posted by: LDragonFire
a reply to: beezzer
Isn't this a felony?
originally posted by: LDragonFire
a reply to: beezzer
Isn't this a felony?