The court seemed headed for a ruling that would say even if the individual mandate is no longer valid, the rest of the law can be left intact.
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‘Obamacare will be spared’: Pete Williams on likely outcome of SCOTUS hearings
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on if the individual mandate that is part of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. NBC's Pete Williams reports on the arguments of each side and how the Supreme Court could rule.
Fears loom Amy Coney Barrett will help strike down ACA
Amy Coney Barrett could help overturn Obamacare in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic experts say. Author and scholar Brittney Cooper joins Tiffany Cross to discuss.
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Planned Parenthood president on threat to reproductive rights: ‘Roe v. Wade is the floor, not the ceiling’
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: President Trump is trying to throw out the Affordable Care Act
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’s health care plan has been ‘two weeks away’ for months
Republicans don’t want to admit they are trying to get rid of Obamacare in the middle of a pandemic. So instead, they “lie and pathetically promise over and over that in ‘just two weeks’ or so they'll have a solution,” says Chris Hayes.
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Senate candidate Mike Espy is calling for medicaid expansion in Mississippi
A poll earlier this week showed Mike Espy one point behind Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi race. Espy says that health care is one of the biggest issues in his state and he thinks medicare expansion can address the health care of a quarter of
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Joy Reid: Trump is not protecting pre-existing conditions, and has no real plan to replace ACA
Joy talks to Congresswoman Donna Shalala about Trump’s Executive Order on pre-existing conditions, and both agree that the president is not aiming to protect one of the most popular portions of the Affordable Care Act. Congresswoman Shalala says, "There's
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Sen. Doug Jones: Health care is ‘being jeopardized’ by Trump, McConnell
On another Supreme Court seat being potentially filled by President Trump, Sen. Doug Jones brings up the topic of health care and how dismantling the Affordable Care Act 'jeopardizes' health care for millions: "Health care in this country is being
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Activists draw on successful defense of health care for energy in SCOTUS pressure campaign
Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible, talks with Rachel Maddow about the role of citizen political pressure in turning back the Republican effort to kill the Affordable Care Act, and how that same strategy can be applied to protecting Ruth
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