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Nov 11, 2015

Report: D.C. Has The 4th Highest Health Insurance Rate In The U.S.

Since the launch of Obamacare, D.C.’s rate of uninsured residents went down from 7.6 percent in 2010 to 5.28 percent in 2014.

Jun 25, 2015

Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act Subsidies In 6-3 Decision

Chief Justice Roberts wrote, “Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them.”

Apr 01, 2014

Obama: Health Care Law ‘Is Not Perfect,’ But 7.1 Million People Signed Up

“Despite several lost weeks out of the gate because of problems with the website, 7.1 million Americans have now signed up for private insurance plans,” the president said.

Mar 17, 2014

White House Tries To Get People To Sign Up For Obamacare Through GIF Bracket

This week in “Obama appeals to millennials to get them to sign up for Obamacare:” A Buzzfeed-style GIF bracket.

Dec 18, 2013

Protesters Want Beyoncé To Talk About Obamacare, Will Protest Outside D.C. Concert

Famed prayer-led protester of all things WTF, Rocky Twyman, will try to get you to sign up for Obamacare at tonight’s Beyoncé concert. You’ve been warned.

Oct 30, 2013

Kathleen Sebelius Apologizes For ‘Miserably Frustrating’ Obamacare Website

“I am as frustrated and angry as anyone with the flawed launch of healthcare.gov,” Kathleen Sebelius told the House Energy and Commerce Committee this morning.

Sep 30, 2013

Obama On Shutdown: ‘It Doesn’t Have To Happen’

“Of all the responsibilities the Constitution endows to Congress, two should be fairly simple: pass a budget, and pay America’s bills,” Obama said from the Brady Press Briefing Room. “But if the United States Congress does not fulfill its responsibility to pass a budget today, much of the United States government will be forced to shut down tomorrow.”

Aug 07, 2013

President Obama Goes Through The Motions On The Tonight Show

During the interview, Tonight Show host and human bobble head Jay Leno pressed Obama about several hot-button issues including Trayvon Martin, the National Security Agency and Edward Snowden, the economy, Obamacare, the recent Embassy closings in the Middle East, and so on.

Jun 28, 2012

Obama: ‘Today’s Decision Was a Victory for People’

Speaking a few hours after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld nearly the entirety of his administration’s 2010 law overhauling health care, President Obama praised the decision.

Jun 28, 2012

CNN Blows It on Health Care Decision

CNN was the first to report the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case determining the fate of the 2010 law known as Obamacare. Yeah, they kind of rushed it on this one.

 
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