President Obama is in Dallas today. He will be in Texas encouraging people to participate in the Federal Exchanges.
WASHINGTON — Beset by hard-to-keep promises and a massive website failure, President Barack Obama is promoting his embattled health care law in the state with the highest rate of uninsured Americans, which has also been politically hostile to the signature initiative of his presidency.
Obama was traveling to Dallas on Wednesday to encourage participation in the federal insurance marketplace set up by the law. The trip to Texas comes a day after his administration tried to soothe anxious Democratic senators by reporting improvements in the troubled online enrollment system.Obama planned to visit Dallas’ Temple Emanu-El, where volunteers and guides have been working with Dallas Area Interfaith to assist insurance consumers. He also plans to attend two fundraisers for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Meant to highlight the law’s benefits, Obama’s visit will also underscore the obstacles the law faces in Republican states where governors such as Texas’ Rick Perry have refused to take advantage of a provision in the law that expands Medicaid to assist more of the working poor. More than 23 percent of Texas residents are uninsured.
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