Oh, goody!
President Obama will address the nation today about his namesake health care legislation:
President Obama will speak on the Affordable Care Act at 11:35am ET. Watch here —> http://t.co/B8nDtdGPfI #Obamacare
— J. Goldman -Archived (@Goldman44) November 14, 2013
Under pressure by congressional Democrats to fix Obamacare, President Obama will speak this morning http://t.co/xccBhugDaQ
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) November 14, 2013
We’re sure that this time, it’s gonna be good. Like, really good. Right?
Speech! Speech! Speech! RT @WSJbreakingnews: White House: Obama to deliver statement on health law at 11:35 a.m. ET. http://t.co/yysngPS6OT
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 14, 2013
RT @1PatriciaMurphy: Prez speaking at 11:35. Says Dem aide: "It better be good."
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 14, 2013
Heh.
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/401005076002504704
President Fix-it to the rescue! We’re doing anticipatory shots and keg stands.
That'll fix it RT @WSJ: Breaking: White House: Obama to deliver statement on health law at 11:35 a.m. ET. http://t.co/AYIS5mgHUp
— Gideon D'Assandro (@GideonD) November 14, 2013
So apparently the president is announcing a health care "fix" at 11:35. Umm I don't think he can fix it.
— Hanna (@g_hanna14) November 14, 2013
BREAKING: Whitey Bulger gets two life sentences plus five years
— New York Post (@nypost) November 14, 2013
"Obama to deliver statement on health law at 11:35 a.m. ET." I'm sure the14 remaining O-bots are relieved to hear it.
— Plainsspeak (@Plainsspeak) November 14, 2013
https://twitter.com/DonBarrett/status/401004218560958464
https://twitter.com/RedGalBlueState/status/401004371078438913
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/401004481019908096
Awww, poor Adriana.
https://twitter.com/jabernathy80/status/401004280376995840
More lies live at 11:35.
— Deplorable Nadine (@NadeenFlores) November 14, 2013
Can't wait to hear what the president reads off the teleprompter at 11:35!!! I wonder if he'll use big words like "dedicated" or "commited"
— Hampton Vernon, M.D. (@HamptonVernon) November 14, 2013
We predict “Republicans,” “not,” “my,” and “fault.” And plenty of other blame-y stuff.
Prepare for the Obama hallelujah chorus to declare this administrative fix to have completely righted the Obamacare ship.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 14, 2013
Whatever Obama says today, he has to basically admit that people losing their insurance was part of the plan. I'm breaking out the popcorn.
— RBe (@RBPundit) November 14, 2013
CNN’s Dana Bash offers a clue:
BREAKING more: @DanaBashcnn is told that this admin. fix would require ppl w/ canclltns to renew on in the indiv. market.
— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) November 14, 2013
Breaking: source tells me potus will announce cancelled insurance policies for those in individual market can ml be renewed…
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) November 14, 2013
About that:
Any administrative fix that un-cancels plans is likely to raise premiums in the exchange. http://t.co/aWDzmJ4wlp
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) November 14, 2013
But we’ll have to wait to know for sure.
EMBARGOED: 10:30 AM: Senior White House Officials to Hold Embargoed Background Conference Call to Preview Affordable Care Act Announcement.
— Joseph Curl ❎ (@josephcurl) November 14, 2013
More previews from Bash:
More on potus announce: insurance companies will be required to tell people renewing cancelled plans of alt options & benefits they'll lose
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) November 14, 2013
Fantastic!
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/401006945596751873
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/401007523475365890
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/401007895069745152
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/401008780571193344
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/401009298563551233
There’s more still:
Per @DanaBashCNN, Obama will announce ppl w/ canceled indiv plans can renew for a year, req ins co's to tell ppl of alt options/benefits
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) November 14, 2013
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/401009817403150336
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/401010672911130626
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/401011119419961344
Leaving aside the absurdity of saying, “now they’ve been cancelled you can keep them for a year,” can Obama just do that? Is that legal?
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 14, 2013
Is it legal? Who cares? President Obama operates outside the law. He’s such a rebel that way.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/401012669693829120
The Obama plan doesn't "fix" anything. Millions will STILL lose their current plans – just after the 2014 election. #ObamaCare
— Brad Dayspring (@BDayspring) November 14, 2013
Why are we going to allow people to keep the supposedly awful plans that they were apparently stupid for buying in the first place?
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) November 14, 2013
Obama logic, baby!
Instead of Marines holding his umbrella, Obama will have them holding ShamWows at today's presser.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) November 14, 2013
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/401010058999627776
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/401013040335683584
Yeah, this is shaping up to be one hell of a speech.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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