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Obama Changes Obamacare Message After Cancellations

Jacqueline Jackson |
November 5, 2013 | 10:01 p.m. PST

Managing Editor

Healthcare.gov | Screenshot
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After millions of Americans began to receive cancellation letters in the mail from their insurance companies President Obama made a statement Monday night that changed his, "if you like your plan you can keep your plan" message he said while campaigning for the Affordable Care Act.

For the second time in two weeks the president has tweaked the messaging as the implementation of the act forced multiple company changes. He said Monday night to a group of Organizing for Action supporters,

If you had or have one of these plans before the Affordable Care Act came into law and you really like that plan, what we said was, you could keep it if hasn't changed since the law's passed," added Obama.

 

"You're grandfathered in," he continued to insist that insurance companies are looking to not only keep current policyholders but bring in new ones.  He continued,

"... because of the competition between insurers, and the new health care tax credits, most people will be able to buy better plans for the same price or even cheaper than what they've gotten before. Now, some Americans with higher incomes will pay more on the front end for better insurance with better benefits and better protections that could eventually help them a lot, even if right now they'd rather be paying less."

The presidents statement places a low percentage of Americans in search of new plans or forced to accept the new additions to their old plans that were unexpected with the transition.

According to USA Today the presidents new message could cause his supporters further confusion and needed clarity on the impending outcomes of the Affordable Care Act.

Watch a clip of Obama's initial message below.

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