Bill Clinton attempts to clarify scathing Obamacare comments

Bill Clinton attempted to clarify comments he made slamming the Affordable Care Act as the "craziest thing in the world," saying on Tuesday that President Obama's signature legislation did a "world of good."

"Look, the Affordable Health Care Act did a world of good, and the fifty-something efforts to repeal it that the Republicans have ... were a terrible mistake," Clinton said at an event in Athens, OH. "We for the first time in our history at least are providing insurance to more than 90% of our people."

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The former president caused headaches for Democrats on Monday when he criticized the law for flooding the health care market with new customers who benefited from government subsidies, which in turn caused premiums to rise for those who don't qualify for the subsidies.

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"The current system works fine if you're eligible for Medicaid, if you're a lower income working person. If you're already on Medicare or if you get enough subsidies on a modest income that you can afford your healthcare," he said in Flint, Mich. while speaking at a campaign rally on behalf of his wife.

Clinton continued: "But the people that are getting killed in this deal is small business people and individuals who make just a little too much to get any of these subsidies ... So you've got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have healthcare and then the people are out there busting it sometimes 60 hours a week wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half."

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He went on to call for Americans to be able to buy into Medicare or Medicaid — effectively what Hillary Clinton's proposed in her own health care reform plan, which includes a promise to "pursue efforts to give Americans in every state in the country the choice of a public-option insurance plan, and to expand Medicare."

Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway tweeted that Bill Clinton's comments were "just delicious."

In response to his remarks, White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Monday acknowledged that the law may need to be revised.

"What I would also say is that since the very first day the President signed this bill into law, he acknowledged an openness to working with Democrats or Republicans in Congress to further strengthen it," he said. "And we have seen a sustained commitment on the part of Republicans to trying to tear down that law."