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'''Obamacare''' is an umbrella term for the [[healthcare]] policies and practices of the [[Obama Administration]], based on the [[Affordable Health Care for Americans Act]]. Passage of the enabling legislation in the House and Senate was the prime legislative goal of the Administration. Besides legislation, Executive Orders and other policies will affect its implentation. | |||
==Politics== | |||
Republicans, after the 2010 election, led by [[John Boehner]], strongly urge its appeal, but it is unlikely they have the votes for an outright reversal. They claim that a message from the 2010 election was that the American people do not want it, but polls reported by the ''New York Times'' say "only 18 percent said health care was the nation’s top issue. While 48 percent of voters said they wanted to repeal the health care law, 47 percent said they wanted to keep it the way it is or expand it." A lesson to be learned by Democrats is that the American people are most concerned with jobs and the economy.<ref>{{citation | |||
| author = Editorial | |||
| title = Sorting Out the Election | |||
| date = 3 November 2010 | |||
| journal = New York Times | |||
| url = http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/opinion/04thu1.html?_r=1}}</ref> | |||
==Summary of the plan== | |||
==References== | |||
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Revision as of 01:25, 5 November 2010
Obamacare is an umbrella term for the healthcare policies and practices of the Obama Administration, based on the Affordable Health Care for Americans Act. Passage of the enabling legislation in the House and Senate was the prime legislative goal of the Administration. Besides legislation, Executive Orders and other policies will affect its implentation.
Politics
Republicans, after the 2010 election, led by John Boehner, strongly urge its appeal, but it is unlikely they have the votes for an outright reversal. They claim that a message from the 2010 election was that the American people do not want it, but polls reported by the New York Times say "only 18 percent said health care was the nation’s top issue. While 48 percent of voters said they wanted to repeal the health care law, 47 percent said they wanted to keep it the way it is or expand it." A lesson to be learned by Democrats is that the American people are most concerned with jobs and the economy.[1]
Summary of the plan
References
- ↑ Editorial (3 November 2010), "Sorting Out the Election", New York Times
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