Obamacare's Survival on the Line Again
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
For the third time, the US Supreme Court is considering a challenge to the Affordable Care Act. Federal health insurance subsidies for seven million Americans will depend on how the Justices rule on arguments they heard today.
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| 0:35.6 | Four words and seven million Americans. |
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| 0:45.7 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:48.2 | The Supreme Court has ruled that Obamacare is constitutional. |
| 0:51.6 | Today it was asked to decide a legal challenge. |
| 0:55.6 | The justices heard arguments about four words established by the state. Federal insurance subsidies for seven million people |
| 1:02.0 | depend on their interpretation. It's a case deeply rooted in partisan politics. Four liberal court |
| 1:07.6 | members and two conservatives made clear what they think. Chief Justice John Roberts could be the decider, but he was hardly heard from. |
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| 1:53.7 | Program Fund. Hello again, Warren Alley, back with To the Point. Once more, the U.S. Supreme |
| 1:58.0 | Court is considering a challenge to the Affordable Care Act. |
| 2:01.5 | Federal health insurance subsidies for 7 million Americans will depend on how the justices rule on |
| 2:07.9 | arguments they heard today. Today's talking point, the Obama administration may be about to |
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