Obamacare Returns as Galvanizing Issue After Ginsburg Death and Barrett Nomination

September 27, 2020September 28, 2020 Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, News, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Politics and Government, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government

The health law had slipped in voter priorities, but the Supreme Court vacancy and November arguments in a case challenging its constitutionality have given the Affordable Care Act new urgency.

Planned Parenthood president on threat to reproductive rights: ‘Roe v. Wade is the floor, not the ceiling’

September 27, 2020 News

Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood and its Action PAC, and Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center, discuss Trump Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s record on abortion access and the Affordable Care Act.
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Biden accuses Trump of ‘trying to throw out the Affordable Care Act’ with Barrett nomination

September 27, 2020 News

Democratic nominee Joe Biden accused President Trump of "trying to throw out the Affordable Care Act" on Sunday with his nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.The former vice presi...

Biden: President Trump is trying to throw out the Affordable Care Act

September 27, 2020 News

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made remarks in Wilmington Del., where he responded to President Trump’s SCOTUS selection on Amy Coney Barrett, and says Trump is trying to "throw out" the Affordable Care Act while still in a global health crisis
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Trump says overturning Roe v Wade ‘certainly possible’ with Amy Coney Barrett – live

September 27, 2020 Democrats, Donald Trump, News, Republicans, Trump administration, US Congress, US news, US politics, US Senate, World news

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Schumer says Trump tweet shows court pick meant to kill off ObamaCare

September 27, 2020 News

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) pointed to a tweet Sunday by President Trump as evidence Judge Amy Coney Barrett, his nominee to the Supreme Court, would strike down the Affordable Care Act."Obamacare...

Coons says he’ll press Barrett on Obamacare

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 News

Democratic Senator Chris Coons, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he'll question Amy Coney Barrett about previous comments questioning rulings upholding the Affordable Care Act.

Pelosi says Trump is in a ‘hurry’ to confirm Barrett so she can partake in Obamacare case

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that President Donald Trump is in a "hurry" to confirm his Supreme Court nominee so that the conservative jurist can participate in a highly consequential Obamacare case the court is set to hear days after the election.
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Pelosi: Our concern in the Supreme Court is the Affordable Care Act

September 27, 2020 News

Speaker Nancy Pelosi told CNN's Jake Tapper that President Trump's push to have Amy Coney Barrett confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice is tied to the case determining the fate of the Affordable Care Act.

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Pelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick ‘threatens’ Affordable Care Act

September 27, 2020 News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed President Trump's decision to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court on Saturday, describing the pick as a threat to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ...