Obama: Shut Off Your Cable and Cell Phone So You Can Afford Healthcare (+video)

Buy my extremely affordable health insurance by giving up your basic cable.

— Razor (@hale_razor) March 12, 2014

That’s basically the gist of President Obama’s recent suggestion.

Last week, he participated in a town hall event geared toward the Hispanic community. One of the questions for him came from a man with a $36,000 annual income, who feels that his minimum monthly premium under Obamacare is too much for him. After offering Medicaid as a possible solution — and blaming states like Texas and Florida for not properly expanding Medicaid — President Obama suggested that people struggling to afford their monthly health insurance premiums just “haven’t prioritized health care,” and they might want to cut back on their cable and cell phone service.

Imagine, for a moment, a Republican saying this. https://t.co/BOyqvfjNZT

— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) March 12, 2014

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