The Supreme Court Hears Latest Challenge to the Affordable Care Act

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🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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On Tuesday, for the third time in eight years, the Supreme Court will again hear a constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act. The Republican state officials bringing the case argue that Congress’s elimination of a penalty for failure to comply with the Act’s insurance mandate renders the entire law unconstitutional. The hearing takes place before the most conservative bench the Supreme Court has seen in decades and amid a raging pandemic that has left millions jobless and without health insurance. We’ll talk about what’s at stake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.2	This morning, for the third time in eight years, the Supreme Court is again reviewing
0:44.8	a constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
0:47.9	This time, the Republican state officials bringing the case have argued that Congress's
0:51.8	elimination of a penalty for failure to comply with
0:54.8	the Act's insurance mandate renders the entire law unconstitutional. The arguments take place
1:00.4	before the most conservative bench the Supreme Court has seen in decades and amid a raging
1:04.9	pandemic that has left millions jobless and without health insurance. In this segment, we talk
1:09.7	about how the justices appear to be leaning and what's at stake.
1:13.6	Joining us is Julie Robner, Chief Washington Correspondent with Kaiser Health News and host of the podcast, What the Health.
1:19.4	And welcome back to forum, Julie Rodner.
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