President Obama said Thursday during a conference call about the Affordable Care Act that it is up to the ground game from supporters to show the American people that his health care law works since they would not get "that much help" from the media.
Obama talked about the open enrollment period starting Nov. 1, 2016.
"I think this ends up being really a test of our commitment to, you know, health care over the long term, not just this open enrollment period," he said.
Obama then stressed now is the time they have to show the American people that Obamacare actually works, despite the announcement this week that premiums will skyrocket next year.
He said that it will work when people just go to Healthcare.gov to see what their options actually are.
"I think we're at a–at a critical time where we have to show that this program works for people if they just see what their options are," Obama said.
He then stressed that this has to be a ground game approach because they would not be getting much help from the media.
"And we're not going to get that much help through the media," he said. "This is going to be a ground game. This is a matter of going door to door, campus to campus, friend to friend, neighbor to neighbor, person to person."
He then acknowledged that the law needs work, but likened it to a starter home, hoping that they will build on the work that has already started.
"You are people who are going to make sure that this starter home we built with the Affordable Care Act ultimately delivers on the promise that every single person in America has health care," Obama said.