Durbin: 'No Discussion' Among Dems To Delay Obamacare

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

SAHIL KAPUR – NOVEMBER 7, 2013, 1:22 PM EST

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Thursday there was "no discussion" of delaying Obamacare during a meeting Wednesday between President Barack Obama and Democratic senators who are up for re-election in 2014.

He said the president and senators discussed "the current situation with the website -- what's being done to improve it, make it better -- and what we face in the future, in terms of some of the dynamics ... of the Affordable Care Act."

"It was very clear," Durbin said. "Everyone at the table agreed we're going to move forward, we're going to get this website right, and we're going to give millions of Americans a chance for affordable health insurance. But no, there was no discussion about -- in any way -- defunding, delaying, destroying -- the Affordable Care Act. In fact, just the opposite."

The No. 2 Democratic senator told some reporters in the Capitol that "we've got to be careful" not to disrupt implementation of the law.

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[PoliticAverse]

1. Note that several Democrats have publicly called for an extension of the enrollment period...

See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/114210309