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What happens if ACA is struck down during pandemic?

What happens if the Affordable Care Act is eliminated during a pandemic?

06/26/2020

PBS News Hour

What happens if ACA is struck down during pandemic?

Clip: 6/26/2020 | 6m 45sVideo has Closed Captions

What happens if the Affordable Care Act is eliminated during a pandemic?

The fate of the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare, is on the line again. The Trump administration has filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing the law, through which 23 million Americans get health insurance, is unconstitutional. Judy Woodruff talks to Andy Slavitt, former acting administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, about the law's sweeping reach.

06/26/2020

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