737 - Secretary Xavier Becerra on the 14th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
The 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act marked a major change in health insurance coverage and care for millions of Americans. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra talks with Stephanie Desmon about the remarkable changes "Obamacare" has brought about, why it's important for all Americans not to take these for granted, and the next set of challenges in mending a health care system that's still too focused on treatment of complications, not prevention.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, |
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| 0:32.6 | This is Lindsay Smith Rogers. |
| 0:35.0 | Today, the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. |
| 0:38.7 | Stephanie Desmond talks to Javier Becerra, |
| 0:40.9 | Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services. |
| 0:44.5 | They discuss how much has changed in the healthcare landscape |
| 0:47.5 | since the passage of the ACA in 2010 |
| 0:50.3 | and why it's so important to protect the gains we've made. |
| 0:53.8 | Let's listen. |
| 0:55.4 | Javier Pesera, thanks so much for joining me. It's a real honor to have you on the program. |
| 0:59.7 | Stephanie, thank you for having me. |
| 1:01.6 | So today, this month, marks the 14th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, |
| 1:07.6 | the signature achievement of the Obama administration. |
| 1:12.2 | Take us back to 2010. |
| 1:15.2 | You were a member of Congress when the bill was on the floor. |
| 1:18.5 | What was the health care landscape like then? |
| 1:26.2 | Stephanie, back in 2010, there were probably some 50 million Americans who didn't have the peace of mind of knowing they could go to the hospital |
| 1:29.5 | if their child was desperately ill and survive the bill that they'd get for having |
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