An apologetic Obama unveils fix on health law

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An apologetic Obama unveils fix on health law

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-offers-fix-broken-promise-keeping-health-care-170834562--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FaVoJuAIVWGpgfqp3DzQSA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-14T170834Z_1_CBRE9AD1BMJ00_RTROPTP_2_OBAMA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Obama speaks at the 2013 White House Tribal Nations Conferencein Washington" align="left" title="Obama speaks at the 2013 White House Tribal Nations Conferencein Washington" border="0" /></a>By Roberta Rampton and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday tried to ease the biggest crisis of his presidency, acknowledging missteps with his signature healthcare law and announcing a plan to help those seeing their current health plans canceled because of it. Obama, trying to limit the political damage to his presidency and fellow Democrats, said health insurers could extend by at least one year policies due to be canceled because they do not comply with new minimum requirements under the law. With insurers complaining the fix could create new problems and lead to higher premiums, it was not clear whether Obama's plan would actually work, or soothe his party's concerns that the botched rollout has undercut Democrats facing tough re-election fights in 2014. A chastened Obama said he had &quot;fumbled&quot; the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, his biggest domestic policy achievement, and said he would have to work to regain his credibility and the public's trust.</p><br clear="all"/>

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