Democrats rally behind president in defence of Obamacare [View all]
Source: the guardian
Democrats rallied behind Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Sunday, claiming the problems with the disastrous rollout of the president's signature healthcare reform will be fixed.
"This is never going to be easy," Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, told NBC's Meet The Press. "What matters is what happens at the kitchen table of the American people and how they will have more affordability, more accessibility, better-quality care, prevention, wellness, a healthier nation."
The rollout of the ACA, which has included serious problems with the federal website healthcare.gov and a furore over Obama's statement that under the reform no one would lose their health plan, has attracted criticism from Democrats as well as Republicans, with some arguing it will hamper their chances in the 2014 midterm elections. On Friday, 39 House Democrats voted for a Republican "Keep your Plan" bill. On Sunday, leading Democratic figures took to the talkshows to defend the president's record.
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On Sunday, on ABC's This Week, the New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand repeatedly referred to the administration's predicament over Obamacare as "an implementation issue", and said it had been a mistake not to be more specific about the types of policies that would be closed down under the ACA.
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