But before he could get there, he described “this insane system” where under Obamacare millions more people have health coverage but some have seen “their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half”.
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“I tell you one thing”, Clinton said with a wave of his hand. “We shouldn’t be welcoming a former president to Steubenville because it’s an embarrassment because he lied under oath”.
The Affordable Care Act offers subsidies to Americans who earn less than 400% of the poverty line – that works out to $47,520 for an individual or $97,200 for a family of four.
That’s right. While Hillary Clinton has recently sought to downplay her support for a massive expansion of Obamacare, Bill Clinton is ripping the failed law to shreds.
“The future of the law hinges critically on how the next enrollment period goes”, he told me.
Jackson said Clinton better identifies with working-class Americans than Trump. He also said Obama is considering steps like sanctions the US could take to punish Russian Federation for its alleged actions, just hours after a “bunker-buster” bomb was used to destroy a hospital there. It sparks intrigue about how a President Hillary Clinton would manage an active, sometimes outspoken and independent former president living in the White House.
The first lady – who never mentioned the Republican nominee by name – also defended Clinton’s stamina and toughness, which have been brought into question by Trump. Yet all of Clinton’s proposals would expand the scope of Obamacare, either by offering more generous subsidies or support for states enlarging Medicaid, or by creating new publicly-run insurance options to compete with private companies.
At the same time, he explained that there is a “big problem with it that needs to be fixed”.
“I want to talk about why you should be for Hillary and why you should be for yourself and why you ought to be optimistic about the future”, he continued. “Clinton has vowed to pursue if she is elected President of the United States”, press secretary Josh Earnest said in a briefing.
Bill Clinton had sought to explain the shortcomings of the complex USA system of health care coverage under both public and private insurance.
“We don’t speak to them enough”, he said.
Clinton’s address was the closing event for a two-day bus tour through OH in support of his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
A spokesperson for Clinton clarified that the former president was “referring to the GOP’s obstructionism and not President Obama’s legacy”. Bernie Sanders, who challenged Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
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