Hillary Clinton comes out in defense of the Affordable Care Act and clearly demonstrates that she is planning to help improve it once she becomes President.

Courtesy of Politico:  

Hillary Clinton offered a defense of Obamacare — but struck a note of concern for small-business owners who’ve complained about mandates required by the law — in a twin set of speeches in Florida on Wednesday. 

“I think we are on the right track in many respects but I would be the first to say if things aren’t working then we need people of good faith to come together and make evidence-based changes,” Clinton said at the first event, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference in Orlando, Fla., according to CNN. 

Clinton highlighted the problems voiced by people owning a “small business of 50 or more” as well as those “moving people from full-time work to part-time work to try to avoid contributing to their health care,” CNN reported. 

Those are the very voters who Democrats are concerned about appealing to in the midterm elections and to whom the most targeted messaging on the Affordable Care Act is taking place. 

“Part of the challenge is to clear away all the smoke and try to figure out what is working and what isn’t,” Clinton said. “What do we need to do to try to fix this? Because it would be a great tragedy, in my opinion, to take away what has now been provided.” 

“This is going to be challenging and I don’t think we should throw the baby out with the bath,” she added, according to CNN, saying the debate has been rife with “misinformation.” 

Of course as all of us know Hillary was the driving force behind the idea of  universal health care in the 90's.

Of course the Republicans took a giant dump all over that plan, but miraculously President Obama was able to pass a version, while not exactly a match for the Clinton plan, can be modified to become much more similar.

And let's face it Hillary really IS the natural choice to move the plan forward and help make the modifications that Obama cannot make now due to conservative obstructionism.

I'm not saying that there will not be attempts to trip Hillary up, I'm just saying that by 2016 the Republicans will have far fewer tools in their toolbox, and likely nothing for which Hillary is not prepared.

And this speech should not only comfort Americans about the survival of Obamacare, it should also embolden red state Democrats campaigning for reelection. 

After all if Hillary is courageous enough to boldly state her support and hope for its future, that will provide cover for Democratic Senators and Congresspeople doing the same.