Obama on healthcare frustrations: 'I hear you loud and clear'

Obama on healthcare frustrations: 'I hear you loud and clear'

You'll probably be able to hang on to your health insurance --- at least for a little while.br br This was the message from the White House on Thursday --- where there was a slight change in course from President Barack Obama on healthcare as well as a rather explicit acknowledgment about his program's rocky launch.br br SOUNDBITE: U.S. President Barack Obama saying:br br "We fumbled the rollout on this healthcare law."br br And bowing to pressure from within his own party, the president offered a fix to the millions of Americans who have received cancellation notices from their insurers because their plans don't meet the Affordable Care Act's standards.br br U.S. President Barack Obama saying:br br "I completely get how upsetting this can be for a lot of Americans particularly after assurances they heard from me that if they had a plan they like, they could keep it and to those Americans, I hear you loud and clear.


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Uploaded: 2013-11-14

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