By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--November 14, 2013
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Breaking: Minority Leader Pelosi says President Obama will offer his fix to allow people to keep their health care plans if they like... — Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) November 14, 2013No one knows whether this "fix" will be legislative in nature, or simply another unconstitutional edict from the boy-king. One thing we do know is that, if he starts trying to grandfather-in various groups of people, the President will be undermining his own law. Chuck Todd appeared on the Today Show this morning. There, he argued that the entire premise of ObamaCare is that young people, and people with cheaper plans, aresupposedto pay more in order to subsidize the sick and elderly. "Healthy people are going to pay more," Todd says. "That was always the intention. That was the only way you could make the law work if you wanted to bring down the cost for sick people." So, if Obama starts letting those younger, healthier, folks off the hook, he will only hasten the implosion of his namesake fiasco. Chuck Todd suggests that those losing their plans and being forced to pay more represent "a small number of losers." He might want to take a moment and realize that the "small number" has now swelled to five million - and could go as high as 52 million as the law progresses. Nobody (outside of the NBC News room) would argue that this is some paltry, miniscule, figure. Here are Todd's comments.
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