Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) slammed the Obama administration on Thursday night after officials announced stopgap options for people whose existing health insurance plans got canceled, offering an exemption from tax penalties under the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.
“The Administration is recognizing the grim reality that more Americans have lost health insurance than gained it under ObamaCare,” Rubio said in a statement. “Holding a fire sale of cheap insurance is not a responsible fix for a broken program. This is a slap in the face to the thousands of Americans who have already purchased expensive insurance through the ObamaCare exchanges. ObamaCare as originally conceived is a flawed policy and must be repealed.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is also making available a bare bones catastrophic plan intended for those who lost their plan and are under the age of 30.
