POTUS: Obamacare 'Here to Stay'

MY TURN

Updated Apr. 20, 2017 4:55PM EDT / Published Sep. 26, 2013 12:26PM EDT

Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty

Less than a week before the Affordable Care Act takes effect, President Obama touched down in Maryland to speak “in honest terms” about what the legislation will mean for consumers. "Five days from now, on Oct. 1, millions of Americans who don’t have health insurance because they’ve been priced out of the market...will finally be able to buy [it]” he said. Alluding to Sen. Ted Cruz’s 21-hour anti-Obamacare speech, he dismissed the “noise” coming from Washington and assured listeners that Obamacare is “here to stay.” For the 51 percent of Americans who disapprove of it (according to a recent survey from CBS/New York Times), it’s already been here too long.

Read it at CNN

Signs of Life in Seemingly Stalled Gaetz Ethics Probe: CNN

The last development from the House Ethics Committee on its inquiry into the Florida Republican was in July.

Halle Berry Got Off to a ‘Rocky Start’ With Angelina Jolie

But the stars ultimately bonded over, what else, “divorces and exes.”

U.S. Government Uses Push Notifications to Spy on People

Foreign officials have also requested Apple and Google data from push notifications, according to a letter from Sen. Ron Wyden that urged greater transparency.

Israeli Hostage Says Her Dog Was ‘Moral Support’ in Gaza

Leimberg’s dad said that Hamas militants didn’t realize his daughter was carrying the dog until she was taken to Gaza.

George Santos Is Making More Off Cameo Than His Old Salary

He reportedly made an account after a staffer from former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s team recommended it to him.

Georgia Teen Brain Dead After Tragic Batting Cage Accident

The high school senior was accidentally hit in the head when he leaned into the net of the batting cage at the same time a batter swung.

Gov. Newsom Cancels In-Person Tree-Lighting to Avoid Protest

The event will now be remote and pre-recorded.

Howard Stern’s Stylist and Frequent Guest Dead at 58

Stern said his friend was receiving treatment for a “rare lymphoma” when his “heart gave out.”

POTUS: Obamacare 'Here to Stay'

Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty