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ACA, affordable healthcare act, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, cancellation, first lady, healthcare, hillary clinton, Insurance, obamacare, White House
On Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton spoke out about the issue plaguing the American people regarding the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA) aka Obamacare. In an interview with the site Ozy.com, Clinton is quoted as saying “So I personally believe, even if it takes a change to the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got,”
Now before all you Clinton fans go running off waving your flags, let’s look at it this way. Did President Clinton do this for the good of the American people or the good of Hillary‘s probable bid for the presidency in 2016? Some analysts contribute Obama‘s win to Clinton, siting his ability to bring people in. But let’s face it, when it comes down to it, who gets the knife in the back? Fact; whomever takes over the White House in three years will inherit the past president’s messes. Every incoming president gets saddled with the previous administrations short comings. There’s no way around it. However, in this matter, Obama needs to correct this mess to save his own presidency. Bill’s just wondering what it would be like to be first lady.
Healthcare insurers have been rapidly sending out cancellation notices. To rectify this, they would have to backtrack, back in the files they backed out, and reset policy holders. Can you imagine what a mess this could create? Providing this option takes place before the end of the year, the only thing the insurers would have to do is unflag those files currently awaiting cancellation as of 12/31/13. A simple fix. But Obama has to make the call now. Waiting any longer will set an even worse scenario for the healthcare of this country.
Healthcare.gov presently has this notation at the top of the site. If you’re an insomniac, this won’t work for you:
The Health Insurance Marketplace online application isn’t available from approximately 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. EST daily while we make improvements. Additional down times may be possible as we work to make things better. The rest of the site and the Marketplace call center remain available during these hours.
While the president’s press secretary says the White House is looking for ways to offer relief to some, the only real relief is to cancel the plan until a time where it can be implemented, carried through properly AND be affordable for everyone.
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