President Obama was in Dallas Wednesday to promote the Affordable Care Act, taking the focus off the website flaws that have been dominating the healthcare conversation.
“I know that sometimes this task is especially challenging here in the Lone Star State,” Obama said at Temple Emanu-El Wednesday. “[But] there is no state that needs this more than Texas.”
Dallas is one of the top 10 cities in the country with the highest rate of uninsured persons, according to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. According to The Dallas Morning News, Carney said Obama’s trip was not simply a ploy to distract from the website’s technical difficulties.
