Five years after signing his signature domestic achievement into law, President Obama said Sunday that Republicans must stop efforts to repeal Obamacare and embrace the “reality” that the law is working.
In a statement, the president said the health care reform law is working even better than some hoped. He pointed to the additional 16 million Americans who now have coverage.
Republicans still vehemently oppose the law and believe it should be repealed, but Mr. Obama says it’s time to give up that fight.
“The Affordable Care Act has been the subject of more scrutiny, more rumor, more attempts to dismantle and undermine it than just about any law in recent history. But five years later, it is succeeding — in fact, it’s working better than even many of its supporters expected,” the president said. “It’s time to embrace reality. Instead of trying yet again to repeal the Affordable Care Act and allowing special interests to write their own rules, we should work together to keep improving our health care system for everybody.”
Republicans argue that the law is driving up premiums and forcing some patients to find new doctors.
• Tom Howell Jr. can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.
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