congress was with him. even after 70 years, the ama was with him. but the right wing was united in opposition. opponents warned of death panels, socialism, a government takeover of health care. even as democrats abandoned liberal priorities like the public option, the ugly debate raged on. the law improbable survived a series of near-death experiences until democrats finally pushed through a bill by a whisker in march 2010 and the president signed the affordable care act into law. that was three and a half years ago. the fight didn t end when the bill became a law. it has survived 40 republicans attempt to appeal it, a challenge by the u.s. support and today with the u.s. government should down in an ill-fated last gas effort for republicans to stop it, the obama care exchanges are open for business.
congress was with him. even after 70 years, the ama was with him. but the right wing was united in opposition. opponents warned of death panels, socialism, a government takeover of health care. even as democrats abandoned liberal priorities like the public option, the ugly debate raged on. the law improbable survived a series of near-death experiences until democrats finally pushed through a bill by a whisker in march 2010 and the president signed the affordable care act into law. that was three and a half years ago. the fight didn t end when the bill became a law. it has survived 40 republicans attempt to appeal it, a challenge by the u.s. support and today with the u.s. government should down in an ill-fated last gas effort for republicans to stop it, the obama care exchanges are open for business. i don t want to sound political but i voted for this
a key provision or the implementation of the law. is this an accident or have we hit kind of pay dirt, the deep issue, the deep fight in american politics between the left coalition and right coalition as they are constituted? well, i mean, the days are the day was set four years ago or three years ago, in 2010 when the affordable care act was passed. it was october 1st, it made some sense. let s remember that democrats still had control of the house of representatives and no one anticipated that this was that this was going to happen. so the convergence in some way we thought was an unhappy one, but it turns out that it may be really advantageous for us that we have these two things happening on the same day because i think that they are left now without an argument. congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois, thank you for your time.
it. and what we ve been saying is that their greatest fear is not that it will fail but that it will succeed. so if today is any indication, and i know that there are still glitches and some of the web sites slowed down, i think it was healthcare.gov because so many people were on but, you know, there s an article about one guy who had to wait three hours. he said to save $6,000, i would have waited all day, it fine with me. do you think that there s a relationship one of the things that s interesting about today is the two things landed on the same date, the government shutdown essentially over defending obama care or delaying a key provision or the implementation of the law. is this an accident or have we hit kind of pay dirt, the deep issue, the deep fight in american politics between the left coalition and right
create an optional national health insurance fund run by the federal government. a house subcommittee called the plan a communist plot. in the end, it was the korean war that brought truman s efforts to an end. when lyndon johnson signed medicare into law 20 years later, it was the efforts of harry truman he credited with making it possible. in the early 1970s, senator ted kennedy worked behind the scenes with president richard nixon to find a compromise national health care plan. nixon was facing the usual opposition from the usual suspects and kennedy dreamed of a single payor system.