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Bill Clinton: Obamacare is the 'Craziest thing in the world'

<p>Former President Bill Clinton delivered a speech this Monday on behalf of Hillary&rsquo&semi;s campaign&comma; slamming the <em>Affordable Care Act<&sol;em> &lpar;ACA&rpar; as &ldquo&semi;crazy&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Clinton portrayed Obamacare as irrational public policy that punishes the hard-working middle class by upping premiums and decreasing coverage&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>&ldquo&semi;You&rsquo&semi;ve got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have healthcare and then the people are out there busting it&comma; sometimes 60 hours a week&comma; wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half&comma;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;strong> said Clinton to a Michigan audience&period; &ldquo&semi;It&rsquo&semi;s the craziest thing in the world&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;The people that are getting killed in this deal are small businesspeople and individuals who make just a little too much to get any of these subsidies&comma;&rdquo&semi; he continued&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many believe that a Hillary Clinton presidency would differ little from Obama&rsquo&semi;s&comma; but Bill wants to make it clear that his wife wants to do something about the disaster we know as Obamacare&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Clinton encouraged his audience to vote for Hillary as a way to &ldquo&semi;put the awful legacy of the last 8 years behind us and the 7 years before that when we were practicing trickle-down economics and no regulation in Washington&comma; which is what caused the crash&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In terms of Obamacare&comma; the former president&rsquo&semi;s words aren&rsquo&semi;t quite on par with what his wife has said in the past&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;As president&comma; I&rsquo&semi;ll defend the <em>Affordable Care Act<&sol;em>&comma; build on its successes&comma; and go even further to reduce costs&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Hillary in January&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hillary has fought for a socialized model of healthcare throughout her career&period; &ldquo&semi;One of the things she always worked on was advancing this conception&comma; this idea that healthcare should be a right and not a privilege&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Iowa Senator Tom Harkin&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hillary promoted such ideas in the 1990s as First Lady and later as a New York Senator&period; She had moved up to the position of Secretary of State by the time the ACA was signed&comma; but many believe that she played a crucial role in making Obama&rsquo&semi;s signature healthcare law a reality&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> While this is strange because it completely contradicts Hillary&&num;8217&semi;s messages in the past&comma; it could very well be a signal that she is about to change her stance on Obamacare&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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