historic, nearly 730 billion dollars to fight climate change. some drug prices, perhaps medicare, out of pocket cost cap that $2,000. it will extend cities for another three years. it also poses a minimum 15% corporate tax on the orders of u.s. corporations. former president barack obama calling the legislation a bfd, a reference to joe biden s famous hot mic moment back in 2010. if you don t remember it, here it is. this is a big deal. the bfd that biden was affirming tonight was the former president signing the affordable care act into law. we are following the key primary elections in alaska and wyoming. how they affected the fortunes of liz cheney, lisa mark murkowski, and others also russia claiming sabotage after explosion ripped through another basin occupied crimea.
that s a lesson they ll learn really fast. in mariupol a bombed out building is easier to defend than a nonbombed out building. globalism is a national military bunker. defenders in a rough place in anything we can do in aid in all forms of national power, whether diplomatic, information or military, needs to go there. but the russians are going to pay a high price to take mariupol, even to this day. major john spencer and colonel lleyton, i appreciate you. it s been ten years since former president obama signed the affordable care act into law. and who would forget that moment. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. former president obama is back at the white house today
said, will have now said, healthcare should be a right, not a privilege. and with the help of members of congress, especially nancy, and the advocates, families who are here today, 12 years ago last month, 12 years ago, we made a good effort toward that proposition. and it should be right. when and barack, when you signed the affordable care act into law, it became the most consequential piece of health insurance most consequential piece of legislation in my view since the creation of medicare and medicaid in 1965. it made a difference in people s lives every day. you just talked about where we were before the affordable care act and what happened in the past 12 years to make life a lot better for people. i d like to talk about where we go from here.
chief justice robert saying it was constitutional. in 2017 a republican tax bill repealed the mandate penalty. the president and republicans tried to chip away at the law even though as right now, there isn t a viable replacement. in those spending bills, president trump signed last week, there was the repeal of three obamacare taxes. the cadillac tax on high cost employer based plan and manuel fee on health insurance providers. the white house calling it a win as president trump has repeatedly called the individual mandate the worst part of the law. 2020 democrats are submit on split on what the future of obamacare should be. reporter: former vice president biden who was there when president obama signed this, he has defended law.
lauren, where does the court case against obamacare stand today? reporter: well, a federal court upheld the decision by a texas court which found obamacare without the individual mandate is unconstitutional. however, the federal court wants that lower court to figure out how much is severable from that requirement where it requires most people to have insurance. according to the ruling, this can go one of three ways. they can find that none of the healthcare law can be severed without the individual men date. could be that all of it is severable or it could be that some is severable where some not. president trump saying, this decision will not alter the current healthcare system. my administration continues to work to provide access to high quality healthcare at a price you can afford while strongly protecting those with preexisting conditions. obamacare has had its court wins and losses in 2012.