Obama doubts Obamacare hurt a small business

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President Obama, told of a company moving from Iowa to Wisconsin due to Obamacare regulations, refused to believe his ears, replying that the company “probably wouldn’t have been impacted” by his legislation, despite the business owner’s explanation to the contrary.

“That’d be kind of hard to explain,” an incredulous Obama told KTIV of Sioux City, Iowa. “The only folks that have been impacted in terms of the health care bill are insurance companies who are required to make sure that they’re providing preventive care or they’re not dropping your insurance coverage when you get sick,” he said. “And so, this particular company probably wouldn’t have been impacted by that.”

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