Bill Clinton Unmuzzled: Lets Loose About Obummercare
Reason's Peter Suderman quotes the ex-prez, who spoke at a Michigan rally:
Bill was blunt in describing his frustrations with the law's coverage mechanisms."So you've got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have health care and then the people who are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half. It's the craziest thing in the world," the former president said, according to CNN.
No worries.
It's the Repubs fault for all of those efforts to stop it.
See! They are always right. We are just too stupid to see it.
Obviously the politicians that voted for this and defended it and excluded themselves from it are far far smarter than us plain folk.
Bob in Texas at October 5, 2016 5:55 AM
Interesting comment from our ex-Prez and soon-to-be First Bro. Given how the Democrats and media stage-manage absolutely everything, I can't believe that this was an off-the-cuff remark. My guess is that it's an attempt to put some distance between Hillary and Obamacare, so that she can come in behind and explain her "plan" for how she's going to "fix" it. Watch for that in the next few days.
Cousin Dave at October 5, 2016 7:27 AM
+1 Cousin Dave. With the Clintons, there are no non-calculated statements or events.
Lastango at October 5, 2016 7:37 AM
Uh, Bill, 25 million more people do not have health care. They have health insurance. And the rest of us are paying for it.
Conan the Grammarian at October 5, 2016 8:40 AM
Do they Conan? I can't find any honest statistic on even that. I'm guessing there has been no net change or even a small fall off. After all, those who recently joined Medicaid were always eligible. They just hadn't formally signed up yet.
Ben at October 5, 2016 2:12 PM
Very shrewd - and most likely accurate - comment there Cousin Dave.
The Clintons never do anything off the cuff; it is always planned - unless Ol' Bill finally has STD induced dementia.
charles at October 5, 2016 6:02 PM
Perhaps the health care they have with their new health insurance is not as good as the health care they had with no insurance (emergency rooms, etc.), but health care is not health insurance and vice versa.
Conflating the two is a political stunt.
Conan the Grammarian at October 6, 2016 8:27 AM
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