Jay Carney admits House bill might fix cancellation problem

Published November 15, 2013 5:00am ET



President Obama’s spokesman allowed that a House-passed bill to allow people to keep their health insurance might fix the problem of canceled policies, but he denounced the bill as a Republican attempt to “sabotage” Obamacare.

“While maybe fixing the problem potentially of those who receive cancellation letters, it also — by allowing insurers to sell new policies to new customers that don’t meet the standards — is, deliberately or not, designed to undermine the Affordable Care Act in the long run,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said of the bill offered by Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich.

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