Obamacare's Shaky Future
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Last week, for the 56th time, House Republicans voted to repeal Obamacare — knowing it would be likely to fail in the Senate. But the US Supreme Court is about to take up a case that could do part of it for them, depriving millions of newly subsidized health insurance. Both sides are preparing for the political fallout.
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| 0:35.1 | Does Obamacare have a shaky future? |
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| 0:45.6 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. Some six million Americans could be in |
| 0:50.5 | for a big surprise. The U.S. Supreme Court might decide they're not entitled to subsidized health insurance after all. |
| 0:58.0 | Most of them don't even know they might lose the new coverage they couldn't afford on their own. |
| 1:03.0 | Now, Republicans who have failed to repeal Obamacare in Congress could face a hornet's nest of angry constituents if the court guts the law for them. |
| 1:11.9 | Both sides are jockeying for political advantage as the court prepares to hear arguments and make a decision. |
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