“It was only intended to shift the blame,” he continued. “His intent is for these plans not to be renewed. He knows how impossible it will be.” On Thursday Obama announced a supposed fix aimed at allowing people losing their health plans as a result of his signature health law to keep their current insurance. Krauthammer, however, implied the president’s remedy only preempted a House vote on Rep. Fred Upton’s (R-Mich.) bill to extend canceled insurance policies so Democrats in Congress would have cover not to vote for it. “That would’ve been a rebellion against him and he would lose, as a second term president, complete control of the party and been a lame-duck less than a year into the second term,” Krauthammer said.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:11:56 +0000
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