Top GOP senator tells White House to ‘stop celebrating’ on ObamaCare figures

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) is throwing cold water on the burst of good news for ObamaCare this week.
Barrasso, the 4th ranking Senate Republican, mocked the Obama administration for holding an event at the White House this week to cheer new healthcare enrollment figures at a time when the law remains mostly unpopular nationally.
{mosads}“It’s time for the White House to stop celebrating and start thinking about the people,” Barrasso said on the Senate floor on Wednesday.
He also criticized the administration for touting a report from the Congressional Budget Office on Monday, which found that ObamaCare was becoming cheaper in the long run. Those costs were dropping because of decreases in healthcare spending and a smaller-than-expected enrollment drive — which Barrasso said is nothing to celebrate.
“Is the Obama administration pleased that the president’s healthcare law is so much less popular than the president and Democrats expected it to be?” Barrasso asked.
“The Obama administration and every Democrat who voted for it should be embarrassed for it,” he added.
Barrasso is leading the Senate’s working group to create an ObamaCare alternative.
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