Vulnerable Dem Senator Finds Way To Tout Obamacare Enrollment, Trash Obamacare Rollout
TOM KLUDT APRIL 2, 2014, 2:23 PM EDT
Democrats want to talk about Obamacare's enrollment surge, Republicans want to talk about the law's troubled past and Mark Begich wants to talk about both.
With the White House celebrating the seven million enrollment milestone on Tuesday, the vulnerable Democratic senator from Alaska provided a reminder of the administration's failures.
I think that number would have been even higher if the administration hadnt dropped the ball on managing the website and larger rollout, Begich said, but 7 million people have access to quality, affordable care and are in control of their own health care choices. I know its hard to remember with all the political back and forth, but that was the goal all along.
Conservatives aren't quite ready to stop talking about the glitches that plagued the website's autumn launch either.
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