The Quiet War on Obamacare

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🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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A coalition of 20 states filed a lawsuit claiming Obamacare is unconstitutional yesterday. Vox’s Sarah Kliff says that’s just the latest pushback on the Affordable Care Act. Idaho has been quietly allowing insurance plans that don’t comply with Obamacare’s rules, and the Trump administration hasn’t been doing anything to stop it. Experts say if the federal government doesn’t intervene, other red states will likely follow in Idaho’s footsteps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:17.0	your sleep.
0:24.4	This is today explained.
0:25.6	I'm Sean Ramosferum.
0:28.0	Remember not so long ago when the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, was like the only
0:33.2	thing Republicans talked about?
0:35.4	We can repeal, but we should repeal and replace, and we shouldn't leave town until this is
0:43.0	complete.
0:44.2	They tried to repeal it.
0:46.5	Republicans retreating into feet today, calling off an expected vote to repeal Obamacare.
0:51.7	That didn't go so well.
0:52.7	This is a disappointment.
0:54.2	The disappointment indeed.
0:57.7	We got rid of the individual mandate.
0:59.6	When the individual mandate is being repealed, that means Obamacare is being repealed.
1:05.6	And that was kind of the end of it.
1:08.2	Mission accomplished.
1:09.2	No.
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