After repeatedly saying that under ObamaCare Americans can keep their doctors and health insurance if they're happy with them, it has come out during the past week that this was a lie of epic proportions as Obama and his administration knew for three years that wouldn't be the case.
Now, the President says he's sorry. Is this supposed to make everything all good again? This is clearly a case of "too little, too late." He even lied about the original lie this past week. He cannot ever be trusted again.
According to this Newsmax article:
President Barack Obama on Thursday told Americans that he was "sorry" that they were losing their health insurance under Obamacare, despite his repeated assurances for more than three years that they could keep their coverage if they were pleased with it.
"I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me, "Obama told NBC News in an interview at the White House.
"We've got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them — and we are going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this."
The president's admission came as Capitol Hill Republicans — and even members of his own party — stepped up attacks on Obamacare in recent days and amid reports that underscored new problems with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday that Obama’s apology was "certainly in order, but what Americans want to hear is that the president is going to keep his promise."
He noted that House Republicans would vote next week to allow Americans to keep the healthcare plans they liked.
"If the president is sincerely sorry that he misled the American people, the very least he can do is support this bipartisan effort," the Ohio Republican said in a statement. "Otherwise, this apology doesn’t amount to anything.”
Boehner's office released a video on Thursday attacking Obama's "walk back" on the coverage promises, saying in a statement that "Democrats are right to be worried."
The Boehner statement called Obama's "tweaking" of his earlier promises "a whopper."
And Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' admission that convicted felons might have been hired to work as Obamacare "navigators," giving them access to enrollees' private information.
Having felons as ObamaCare "navigators" is going to make people more comfortable?! What kind of world do these bargain-basement Marxists live in?
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