Jay Carney Is Asked: If ObamaCare Is Delayed, Will GOP ‘Delay Heart Attacks?’

Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher Grills Jay Carney: If Obamacare Delayed, Will GOP ‘Delay Heart Attacks?’ (Mediaite)

Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher grilled White House Press Sec. Jay Carney on Tuesday over the status of negotiations between Congressional Republicans, S'enate Democrats and the White House on a plan to raise the debt ceiling and reopen government.

Christopher began by asking Carney about a House Republican plan that would increase the nation’s borrowing limit and reopen government in exchange for changes to the Affordable Care Act, including a delay of the medical device tax.

“A few years ago, I was uninsured and I wasn’t able to get insurance,” Christopher said of a time when he was a freelance reporter. “Is there a chance the president would be willing to delay Obamacare for a year if Republicans would agree to delay heart attacks for a year?”