Cheney, however, remained much more critical of the law than the former president. Cheney: I agree with Bill Clinton

Dick Cheney had a rare moment of agreement with Bill Clinton: They both think President Barack Obama needs to step in to prevent consumers’ health care plans from being canceled.

“I’m inclined to agree with Bill Clinton. That’s something that ought to be attempted,” Cheney told Fox News’s Greta Van Susteren on Tuesday. ”But given the complexity of the system, you’ve already got people now who have lost their policies, who can’t get new ones. I’m not quite sure how now you go peel back that onion.”


Cheney was commenting on Clinton’s remarks in an interview that Obama needs to honor the federal government’s commitment that no one would be forced to give up their health care plan. The former president said Obama should seek a legislative change to prevent the plans from being taken away if that’s the only way to handle the problem.

Cheney also noted that while fixing the problems caused by the Affordable Care Act is important, he’s not sure how that could be accomplished.

“[I]t’s hard to think of how you would actually implement that. I think exactly what needs to be done is to repeal Obamacare. I think it’s a serious, serious foul-up,” said Cheney.

Cheney, however, remained much more critical of the law than Clinton.

“It’s a train wreck, Greta, as far as I can tell,” Cheney said. “I think [Obama’s] got a huge credibility problem. But more than that, I really worry about what kind of damage is being done to our health care system.”