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Address: The Affordable Care Act Is
Here to Stay
The White House
June 27, 2015
Five years ago, we finally
declared that in America, health care is not a privilege for a few, but a right
for all. And this week, after more than
fifty votes in Congress to repeal or weaken this law; after a Presidential
election based in part on preserving or repealing this law; after multiple
challenges to this law before the Supreme Court, we can now say this for
certain: the Affordable Care Act
still stands, it is working, and it is here to stay.
On Thursday, when the Court
upheld a critical part of the Affordable
Care Act, it was a victory for hardworking Americans all across this
country whose lives are more secure because of this law. This law means that if you’re a parent, you
can keep your kids on your plan until they turn 26. If you’re a senior, or an American with a
disability, this law gives you discounts on your prescriptions. You can’t be
charged more just because you’re a woman.
And you can’t be discriminated against just for having a pre-existing
condition.
This law is working exactly as
it’s supposed to – and in some ways, better than we expected it to. So far more
than 16 million uninsured Americans have gained coverage. Nearly one in three Americans who was
uninsured a few years ago is insured today.
The uninsured rate in America is the lowest since we began to keep such
records.
The law has helped hold the price
of health care to its slowest growth in 50 years. If your family gets insurance through the
workplace, not through the Affordable
Care Act, you’re paying about $1,800 less per year on average than you
would be if trends before this law had continued – which is good for workers
and it's good for the economy.
The point is, this is not some
abstract political debate. For all the
misinformation campaigns, and doomsday predictions; for all the talk of death
panels and job destruction; for all the repeal attempts – this law is helping
tens of millions of Americans. This
isn’t just about Obamacare. This is
health care in America.
With this case behind us, we’re
going to keep working to make health care in America even better and more
affordable, and to get more people covered.
But it is time to stop refighting battles that have been settled again
and again. It’s time to move on.
Because as Americans, we don’t go
backwards, we move forwards. We take
care of each other. We root for one
another’s success. We strive to do
better, to be better, than the generation before us, and we try to build
something better for the generation coming behind us. With this behind us, let’s come together and
keep building something better right now.
Thanks, and have a great weekend. |
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