Obama asks public to spread word about health law
The Associated Press President Barack Obama pauses while making a statement regarding the budget fight in Congress and foreign policy challenges, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
AP/September 28, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is asking Americans for help spreading the word about new health insurance exchanges.
The exchanges opening Tuesday were created by Obamas health care law. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says Americans can comparison shop like they would for a television or an airplane ticket.
Many, he says, will see cheaper prices and be eligible for tax credits.
Obama says its disturbing Republicans want to shut down the government if he doesnt gut the law. He says the exchanges will open Tuesday no matter what.
In the Republican address, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington says the president wants to take the easy way out by raising the debt ceiling without cutting spending. She says its is a golden opportunity to fix problems coming from Washington.
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