Obama Rips Republicans, ‘There are still no death panels. Armageddon has not arrived.’

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President Obama reminded Republicans just how wrong they have been about the ACA during his remarks in the Rose Garden today. He said, “There are still no death panels. Armageddon has not arrived.”

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President Obama expressed confusion over why Republicans could be so angry about people having health insurance.

The president said,

This law is doing what it’s supposed to do. It’s working. It’s helping people from coast to coast, all of which makes the lengths to which critics have gone to scare people, to undermine the law, or try to repeal the law without offering any plausible alternative so hard to understand.

I gotta admit. I don’t get it.

Why are folks working so hard for people not to have health insurance?

Why are they so mad about the idea of folks having health insurance?

Many of the tall tales that have been told about this law have been debunked. There are still no death panels. Armageddon has not arrived. Instead, this law is helping millions of Americans, and in the coming years it will help millions more. I’ve said before I will always work with anyone who is willing to make this war work even better, but the debate over repealing this law is over. The Affordable Care Act is here to stay, and those who based their entire agenda on repealing it should explain to the country why Jeanie has to go back to being uninsured.

The president pointed out that if Republicans got their way and repealed this law, millions of people who now have health insurance wouldn’t have it.

Instead of running on the weak and whiny position of “fixing Obamacare,” Democrats should follow the president’s lead and explain to voters what repealing the law would mean. Repealing the law means that tens of millions of people would lose their health insurance. The ACA is working. It is helping people. The demand for Obamacare has now been proven.

The pool reporter who attended the president’s Rose Garden remarks described the scene as, “all smiles.” For years, this president and his administration have dealt with a Republican campaign of lies, scare tactics, and tall tales. Today is their day of vindication. The hundreds of millions of dollars that have been spent try to destroy the law were wasted.

President Obama was correct. People do want access to affordable health insurance.

Republicans have never been able to answer the question that the president asked, “Why are they so mad about the idea of folks having health insurance?” The president is holding Republican feet to the fire, and his not going to stop pressing until the ACA haters have been thoroughly defeated.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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