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Clyburn: Obama failed to explain health care promise
Posted at 10:20 am by: CNN's Ashley Killough
Categories: James Clyburn, Obamacare, President Obama, TV-State of the Union
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Washington (CNN) - The No. 3 House Democrat on Sunday blamed a culture of sound bites for President Barack Obama’s reneged promise that Americans would be able to keep their existing health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.
“And this is a sound bite that the President probably needed to take some more time to explain to the American people,” Rep. James Clyburn, D-South Carolina, said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union with Candy Crowley.”
After millions of people received cancellation notices for their health plans, Obama faced considerable pushback over his promise to Americans that the new health care reform would not affect those who are already happy with their insurance policies.
“If you like your health insurance, you can keep it,” Obama repeatedly told Americans when selling his signature piece of legislation.
After that turned out not to be the case, Obama on Thursday announced his administration would allow insurance companies to extend those canceled policies for a year.
Clyburn, the House assistant Democratic leader, said Obama relied too heavily on a sound bite-friendly selling point, rather than spelling out that he was only referring to plans in place before the Affordable Care Act became law in 2010 and hadn’t changed since.
Fact Check: If you liked your health plan, you can keep your health plan
“One of the things in Washington that I dislike more than anything else is when people say to me, ‘If you’re explaining it, you’re losing it.’ I don’t like that at all. I really believe the American people are deserving of explanations,” he said, also blaming the media for not fully explaining the new legislation.
With recent polls showing the President is considered less trustworthy than in the past, Obama on Thursday said he expects he’ll need to regain Americans’ faith after the rocky rollout of HealthCare.gov and his broken promise about existing plans.
Clyburn said he was confident Obama can do so.
“Paradise lost, paradise regained. When you lose something you can find it again,” he said. “The President admitted that he expects to be held responsible for regaining the Americans’ trust, and I think he will.”
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...o-explain-health-care-promise/comment-page-4/
Clyburn: Obama failed to explain health care promise
Posted at 10:20 am by: CNN's Ashley Killough
Categories: James Clyburn, Obamacare, President Obama, TV-State of the Union
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Washington (CNN) - The No. 3 House Democrat on Sunday blamed a culture of sound bites for President Barack Obama’s reneged promise that Americans would be able to keep their existing health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.
“And this is a sound bite that the President probably needed to take some more time to explain to the American people,” Rep. James Clyburn, D-South Carolina, said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union with Candy Crowley.”
After millions of people received cancellation notices for their health plans, Obama faced considerable pushback over his promise to Americans that the new health care reform would not affect those who are already happy with their insurance policies.
“If you like your health insurance, you can keep it,” Obama repeatedly told Americans when selling his signature piece of legislation.
After that turned out not to be the case, Obama on Thursday announced his administration would allow insurance companies to extend those canceled policies for a year.
Clyburn, the House assistant Democratic leader, said Obama relied too heavily on a sound bite-friendly selling point, rather than spelling out that he was only referring to plans in place before the Affordable Care Act became law in 2010 and hadn’t changed since.
Fact Check: If you liked your health plan, you can keep your health plan
“One of the things in Washington that I dislike more than anything else is when people say to me, ‘If you’re explaining it, you’re losing it.’ I don’t like that at all. I really believe the American people are deserving of explanations,” he said, also blaming the media for not fully explaining the new legislation.
With recent polls showing the President is considered less trustworthy than in the past, Obama on Thursday said he expects he’ll need to regain Americans’ faith after the rocky rollout of HealthCare.gov and his broken promise about existing plans.
Clyburn said he was confident Obama can do so.
“Paradise lost, paradise regained. When you lose something you can find it again,” he said. “The President admitted that he expects to be held responsible for regaining the Americans’ trust, and I think he will.”
