Obama Says Obamacare Has ‘Real Problems’ Congress Refuses to Fix
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A demonstrator in support of President Barack Obama's health-care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), holds up a sign outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 25, 2015.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/BloombergPresident Barack Obama said his signature health-care law has “real problems” that have been exacerbated by congressional gridlock and political polarization.
“They’re eminently fixable problems in terms of strengthening the marketplace, improving the subsidies so more folks can get it, making sure everybody has Medicaid who was qualified under the original legislation, doing more on the cost containment,” Obama said in an interview published Sunday in New York Magazine. “But you hit a point where if Congress just is not willing to make any constructive modifications and it’s all political football, then you’re getting a suboptimal solution.”