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US Supreme Court upholds Obamacare, safeguarding health care for millions
US President Joe Biden called the ruling ‘a big win for the American people’.
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US President Joe Biden called the ruling ‘a big win for the American people’.
It was estimated that over 70,000 women would be affecting by the repeal of the Obama-era provision.
The Health and Human Services department made the announcement in a statement late last night.
McCain’s opposition is likely to doom the effort to repeal.
Three Republican Senators voted with Democrats to defeat the measure.
John McCain received a standing ovation from his colleagues as he entered the chamber.
The 80-year-old senator has been diagnosed with brain cancer.
Their defections mean that the bill has no chance of even getting a vote on the Senate floor.
The bill will be sent to the Senate.
Trump repeatedly promised to dismantle his predecessor’s healthcare reform.
Just two months after the election, Kraig Moss, aka the Trump Troubadour, isn’t feeling quite so positive about Donald Trump as he did before.
“I think I made a mistake, but that’s okay,” Trump told the Washington Post.
House Republicans indicated the vote would lose.
The American Health Care Act has faced trouble passing through Congress.
Several major hospitals and medical organisations have opposed Trump’s plans.
Trump has vowed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
The order aims to “minimise the unwarranted economic and regulatory burdens” of Obamacare.
Repealing the controversial health care plan is one of the main plans of the incoming Republican administration.
Bridget Glynn has shared her family’s story in the hope it will help others.
The house claims the US President overstepped his powers with the Obamacare reform bill.
The ruling means many low and middle-income people could face price hikes.
The Supreme Court has decided on a long-running dispute about whether companies can opt out of certain aspects of employee health insurance.
Kathleen Sebelius has been a lightning rod for critics of President Barack Obama’s health care law for five years. Now she is gone.
It will be months before it’s clear whether the law has made medical assurance affordable.
US states will temporarily pay the running costs of world-famous landmarks.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers home, museums and national parks are shut, much scientific research is on hold and the shutdown is now threatening already sluggish economic growth.
It is a piece of legislation so divisive that it has shut down one of the world’s largest governments, but one of Obamacare’s most important functions went live today regardless.
Around 800,000 government workers will be sent home today with back-pay not guaranteed.
House Republicans attached an amendment to the government spending bill that would delay the healthcare legislation by a year.
Attempting to halt the removal of a provision that would see Obamacare defunded, a Texas senator held the floor for 21 hours, taking time to read his daughters a bed time story.
The decision is seen as a big victory for the Obama administration and will theoretically allow healthcare coverage for more than 30 million Americans.
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A ruling is not expected until June – at which point Obama will be knees-deep in a bitter re-election campaign.
A three-judge panel will hear arguments on whether to overturn a ruling which found ‘Obamacare’ to be unconstitutional.