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What was the vote on the Affordable Care Act?
On November 7, the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act on a 220–215 vote and forwarded it to the Senate for passage.
Has the Affordable Care Act worked?
More than 20 million people have gained coverage as a result of the ACA. It has dramatically reduced the uninsured rate. On the day President Obama signed the ACA, 16 percent of Americans were uninsured; in March 2020, it was nine percent.
Is ObamaCare bad for the economy?
To date, there is no evidence that the ACA has had a negative impact on economic growth or jobs or that its reforms have undermined full-time employment—effects that the law’s opponents had warned about.
Who voted to pass Obamacare in 2009?
President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rammed Obamacare through without a single Republican vote. In December 2009, the U.S. Senate voted 60 to 39 for Obamacare. In March 2010, the U.S. House voted 219 to 212 for Obamacare.
How many people enrolled in Obamacare in December 2016?
Despite the fact that Trump was elected on Nov. 8, largely due to a platform of repealing Obamacare, December 2016 saw a record number of enrollments for Obamacare 2017. According to CNBC, a whopping 6.4 million customers signed up for the Affordable Care Act, topping the year before by 400,000 enrollments.
What was the Obamacare fight all about?
The Washington Post said of the Obamacare fight at the time “It has inflamed the partisanship that Obama pledged to tame when he campaigned for the White House and has limited Congress’s ability to pass any other major legislation.” In December 2009, the U.S. Senate voted 60 to 39 for Obamacare.
How many people actually enrolled in the Affordable Care Act?
According to CNBC, a whopping 6.4 million customers signed up for the Affordable Care Act, topping the year before by 400,000 enrollments. U.S. Health and Human Services Department Secretary Sylvia Burwell told the news outlet at the time that “the American people don’t want to go backwards.”