Obama: Democrats Should ‘Forcefully Defend,’ Run on ObamaCare

‘I’m still puzzled why [Republicans] made this their sole agenda item when it comes to politics’

"With respect to the Affordable Care Act, my point is we have been having a political fight about this for five years. We need to move on to something else. That is what the American people are interested in. I think that Democrats should forcefully defend and be proud of the fact that millions of people like the woman I just described, who I saw in Pennsylvania yesterday -- we're helping because of something we did. I don't think we should apologize for it. I don't think we should be defensive about it. I think there's a strong good, right story to tell. I think what the other side is doing and what the other side is offering would strip away protections from those families, and from hundreds of millions of people who already had health insurance before the law passed but never knew if the insurance company could drop them when they actually needed it, or women who were getting charged more just because they were a woman. I'm still puzzled why they've made this their sole agenda item when it comes to our politics. It's curious."

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