the president told everyone that they ’d get to keep their existing plans , now it turns out that many , many people ca n’t . this is what everyone — including people now . rates could skyrocket for everyone if enough people do n’t like president obama anymore . yes , henry waxman , who has made a career of ideological witch hunts and smash - mouth partisanship , wants a cease - fire over obamacare , or so he says . the california democrat and liberal lion asked republicans to reach across the aisle to work with democrats to improve obamacare . text size - + reset sebelius apologizes for glitches obama blasts aca critics waxman was picking up a common liberal theme : it ’s not fair that republicans continue to oppose the president ’s eponymous health care law and pick at its failures , deceits and irrationalities . many of the people whose policies were canceled will qualify for henry waxman made a plea at the end of wednesday ’s house hearing grilling of health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius . nearly all the news americans have seen regarding the rollout of the exchanges — the things that people are referring to when they say “ obamacare ” — has been relentlessly negative .