Economics
Obama Says American Public Was Not Misled on Healthcare
The president took issue with his former consultant's assessment of how "Obamacare" was passed.
U.S. President Barack Obama listens to a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014.
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President Obama dismissed the outrage over a consultant's remarks that the Affordable Care Act was passed using a "lack of transparency" that was benefited by "the stupidity of the American voter."
At a news conference on Sunday in Brisbane, Australia, Obama was asked by Fox News correspondent Ed Henry whether he misled the American public about aspects of the Affordable Care Act in order to get it passed.