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Obama Is Pretty Darn Smug During ACA Speech

Heather Navarro |
April 1, 2014 | 5:18 p.m. PDT

Executive Producer

President Barack Obama spoke to the world Tuesday after the deadline to sign up for the Affordable Care Act passed the day before, and he seemed pretty pleased with himself.

“Many of the tall tales people have told about this law have been debunked,” Obama said.

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Vice President Joe Biden ever present behind Obama looked smug during the speech, but that’s nothing new if you remember his cavalier wink during the state of the union, captured by Gawker.

Vice President Joe Biden winks it up during the state of the union address back in January. (Gawker)
Vice President Joe Biden winks it up during the state of the union address back in January. (Gawker)

 

Obama also went on to chastise those against Obamacare, and those “folks” aren’t in short supply.

“Why are they so mad at the idea of folks having health insurance?” he nearly shouted to a crowd outside of the White House.

You can watch Obama give his speech at Politico.com.

The 7.1 million that have signed up for the Affordable Care Act far met what the Obama administration was hoping for, according to CNN.

Healthcare.gov saw 4.8 million visits to the site on Monday alone, CNN also reported.

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