Showing posts with label Press Briefing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Press Briefing. Show all posts
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Jay Carney: September Jobs Report ‘Disproves’ Anti-Obamacare Part-Time Jobs Talking Point
Tuesday’s White House Daily Briefing was dominated by discussion of the Healthcare.govwebsite’s difficulties, but Fox News’ Ed Henry did give Press Secretary Jay Carney the opportunity to remind viewers that the Affordable Care Act reduces the federal budget deficit, and to respond to the oft-cited claim that Obamacare isresponsible for a surge in employers cutting workers’ hours to part-time status.
Henry began by asking several questions regarding the “tech surge” that President Obama has promised in order to fix the problems with the Obamacare website, specifically whether the names of the experts and companies being used would be disclosed, and what the additional costs might be.
Carney largely referred Henry to the Department of Health and Human Services, although Henry made the point that “If these individuals work for companies, they have business before the White House, business before the Congress, do you think, in the interest of transparency, it would be a good idea to list the people and their companies?”
“At this point, Ed, I just don’t have more information,” Carney said, and referred him, again, to HHS.
“What is your estimate on how much more money it’s going to cost, then, to fix the website and implement the early stages?” Henry asked. “It’s already hundreds of millions of dollars that have been laid out, has been disclosed. What’s your estimate?”
“The budget for this is something that’s housed over at HHS, so I’d refer you to them,” Carney said, then appeared to draw inspiration from someplace.
“It’s important to note, although it’s rarely noted, certainly in some places,” Carney continued in response to Fox News’ Ed Henry, “that the Affordable Care Act, as it is implemented, as measured by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office as well as others, will reduce our deficits in the first 10 years, and then significantly in the next 10 years. We are already seeing benefits from the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act when it comes to slowing the growth in our health care costs. The three slowest years of health care cost growth has been the last three years, three slowest in the past half century. All of this data, I think, is contradicting some of the predictions and even current charges by critics of Obamacare when they say it is going to explode health care costs growth, when the opposite has been true.”
Video: Carney Bolts Press Briefing Room After Repeatedly Refusing To Answer Questions About Obamacare…
They asked him about the failed tests in the days leading up to the launch, he referred them to HHS:
Asked him about decision to bring on Jeff Zients to help fix the problems, he referred them to HHS:
Asked him about the costs associated with fixing the site, he referred them to HHS:
Friday, October 4, 2013
WATCH: White House Press Briefing – 10/04/13

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney delivers the daily press briefing to reporters from the White House, beginning at approximately 1:30pm ET. Check back here at Mediaite daily, where you can watch the full live-streaming video of Carney’s remarks and answers to questions from the White House Press Corps.
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