奥巴马向因医改失医保人道歉

 　　奥巴马向因医改失医保人道歉

       WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday said sorry to Americans who are losing their current health insurance plans as a result of the president's signature health care overhaul¹ that is aimed at expanding the country's health care coverage².

　　"I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me," Obama said in an interview with NBC News.

　　"We've got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and we are going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this," he said.

　　The Obama administration has been under fire following reports that some Americans, who buy insurance on their own, have received cancellation³ notices from insurers or are at risk of being forced off their current plans that do not meet the new standards of the Affordable⁴ Care Act, often dubbed⁵ as Obamacare.

　　Obama has repeated his assurances that "if you like your health plan, you will be able to keep your health plan" with the implementation⁶ of the Affordable Care Act, the country's largest health care reform in decades.

　　Obama's comments also came as the federal government's health care team has been working around-the-clock to fix the online health care marketplace plagued with technical problems since its debut⁷ on Oct. 1.

　　U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made her apology last week before lawmakers for the technical problems of the HealthCare.gov, an online marketplace for affordable insurance plans.

　　The online marketplace serves as the centerpiece of the Affordable Care and aims at getting millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans enrolled⁸ for health care coverage.

　　But after its debut on Oct. 1, the website has witnessed high-profile failures and almost out of service during the first two weeks. Many consumers have reported difficulties of signing up and getting enrolled. The Obama administration has vowed⁹ to fix the broken website by the end of this month.

1 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

2 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

3 cancellation   

n.删除，取消

参考例句：

• Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
• Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。

4 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

5 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

7 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

8 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。