Obama to announce fix for health plans canceled under signature law

The Associated Press
November 14, 2013 at 3:19PM
President Barack Obama speaks at the 2013 Tribal Nations Conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at the Interior Department in Washington.
President Barack Obama (Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expected to announce a fix Thursday for people losing their health insurance under his signature law.

The White House says Obama will make a late-morning statement from the briefing room.

The president has come under pressure from fellow Democrats to address the cancellations.

Millions of people have received cancellation notices, despite Obama's repeated pledges that people who liked their insurance plans could keep them.

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