After riff, Bill Clinton reaffirms health-care law support
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Bill Clinton tried to avoid muddling his message again as he campaigned for his wife in battleground Ohio a day after he described President Barack Obama’s health care law and the resulting insurance markets as “the craziest thing in the world.”
This time, Bill Clinton only briefly mentioned health care in multiple appearances Tuesday in eastern Ohio, clearly stating his support for the law and arguing that more still must be done to expand access to insurance.
It was a far cry from the former president’s Monday remarks that continued to reverberate, prompting responses from Hillary Clinton, the White House and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“You’ve got this crazy system where all the sudden 25 million more people have health care,” Bill Clinton said in Flint, Michigan, “and then the people are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half. It’s the craziest thing in the world.”