reporter: thank you, everybody. who could forget that moment? that was then the vice president joe biden obviously sharing what he intended to be kind of a personal moment, but you know how those hot mics work, and it became history. the larger history was the hailing of president obama signing the aca into law. that was 2010. it was indeed a big deal. i ll just call it a big deal. obama s landmark legislation was initially controversial in some ways, it was resisted in some ways, but you the point tonight is more about policy than partisanship, which why i want to get into this with you with many things going on in the country. obamacare transformed parts of the american health care system, and it has done that over time in concert with even republican-led states it expanded coverage to not one or
Paying the taxes that have to fund that, first of all, and second of all, when the copays, hauch the patient has to pay just gets over $2,000 they recollect stop taking their drugs and don t get the benefit of those drugs, and that s actually one of the reasons i think president biden was right when he said, this is going to improve the health of the american population, because people will be able to take their drugs more when the prices are lower, and that s a very important benefit. it s not just about the money. it s also about the health because high prices mean people can t always take their medications. chai? yeah, if you think about it historically, opposition to democratic reforms on health care have been a defining element of politics. the tea party was opposition to the affordable care act and obamacare and those reforms. i will predict that after today s speech, what you will hear from republicans are
And improved quality, and that tells you something about the vacuousness of what s being done by republicans in terms of health care. the health-care system functioning well? nope. we have to improve it. but we have to have policies to improve it, and i will say this is one policy i don t like everything about it, but it actually is taking us in the right direction. i think you re right about that, and in all seriousness about the national republican party. the other silver lining of bipartisanship that i mentioned in our report tonight is that s true for the national republicans and just about everyone running for president, which is the next future step. as you said, what are this an offering? i will say, there are pretty red states like ohio that late to the game did join the plan, and that s interesting, because to join the obamacare plans and subsidize health care, and that s why the number s not 5 million, it s 35 million. at the local level, for whatever reason, those peop
Straightforward. here is some of how republicans tried to stop this on the way. the american people don t want the government shut down, and they don t want obamacare. coming together to stop obamacare is the essence of pragmatism because it is self-evident this isn t working. their bipartisan bill fails to enact any bipartisan accountability for big pharma. this is a classic example of the government breaking your legs, then calling itself a hero for giing you a crutch. is it, though? i mean, we love allegory around here. we showed you movie clips tonight. but i m not sure lowering the price of subscription drugs while saving taxpayer money is like breaking your legs. you decide. i can t tell you everyone loves every part of obamacare. there are endless debates over these national health care policies in our country, and good people of good faith can
Insurrection side, getting to the bottom of that apparently wasn t enough. that wasn t a good reason. i think although everybody has moved their standards lower, we should note that and what that says about someone like him who has taken an oath to uphold the constitution. we have a lot coming tonight, emily. thanks for being here. what else is coming up, i can tell you, the grammys to colbert, jean batiste. he is one of our mavericks. also we re going to look at this rico charge and how it has led to two different outcomes in georgia cases. a wider look al criminal justs i want to share. but first we can turn to something completely different and very important to a lot of peep s lives. how this president took this big step, built it on the obamacare that he and his predecessor, one back, his former president, built together. we ll have that for you in 6 a seconds. that for you in 6 a