Obama to speak on health care amid rumors of fixBy Michael O'Brien, Maggie Fox and Frank Thorp
President Barack Obama is expected to announce a patch to his signature health care law to address mounting concerns over canceled insurance plans.
Obama will deliver remarks regarding the Affordable Care Act at 11:35 a.m., the White House announced. And the top Democrat in the House suggested the president's remarks would include a proposal to assuage consumers whose health care plans have been canceled as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
"The president will offer a proposal today is my understanding," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said this morning at the Washington Ideas Forum at the Newseum.
Obama's announcement comes amid mounting Democratic nervousness over canceled insurance policies, a phenomenon which conflicts with the president's often-stated vow during his sales pitch for the health care law that if consumers liked their plan, they could keep it.
A rash of canceled policies -- primarily for consumers in the individual insurance market, whose plans are now considered sub-optimal under the new health care law's coverage standards -- have prompted growing public outrage toward Obama, for having apparently broken his promise.
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