The Affordable Care Act is on trial once again– this time at a federal appeals court in Louisiana. It’s the current in a string of difficulties to the health care overhaul considering that President Obama signed it.
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Today, the Affordable Care Act is on trial once again, this time at a federal appeals court in Louisiana. It’s the current in a string of difficulties to the healthcare overhaul since President Obama signed it into law.
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The greatest legal difficulty was submitted instantly after the law passed in March of2010 That claim made it all the method to the Supreme Court.
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JUDY WOODRUFF: The U.S. Supreme Court, on the last day of its term, released a landmark choice on healthcare reform.
CORNISH: The fit challenged the law’s specific required, the concept that Congress might need every American to have medical insurance.
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GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: And the Supreme Court has actually maintained the requirement that every American …
CORNISH: The court maintained the law, as long as the specific required was imposed through a tax charge.
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UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL: Every American who can manage it should purchase medical insurance or pay a fine.
SHAPIRO: Congressional Republicans have actually attempted sometimes to reverse the law and stopped working, even in 2017 when the celebration managed both chambers of Congress and the presidency.
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WOODRUFF: A desperate effort for a partial repeal of Obamacare …
SHAPIRO: They could not get the votes required to rescind the law.
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WOODRUFF: … Stopped working by a single vote early today, aggravating Republican leaders and the president.
SHAPIRO: A couple of months later on in 2017, Republicans discovered a brand-new method.
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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We wish to offer you, the American individuals, a huge tax cut for Christmas. And when I state huge, I suggest huge.
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SHAPIRO: As part of the sweeping tax expense Trump signed into law that year, Republicans targeted a crucial part of Obamacare – the tax charge for not having medical insurance. The law minimized the charge to no dollars.
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