Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act

In San Jose Obama Defends Surveillance, Touts Health Care Act

June 7, 2013, 9:16 am • Posted by KQED News Staff
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President Barack Obama, in San Jose on Friday, defended U.S. surveillance of telecommunications records. He arrived in Silicon Valley on Thursday to raise money and stayed Friday to tout California's participation in the Affordable Care Act. Protesters confronted him Thursday … Continue reading »

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Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law

June 28, 2012, 6:44 am • Posted by KQED News Staff and Wires
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The 5-4 decision means the huge overhaul, still taking effect, will proceed and pick up momentum over … Continue reading »

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Interviews: Uninsured Conservative Californians on Why They Don't Like 'Obamacare'

March 23, 2012, 4:32 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Today marks the second anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Not everyone is throwing a party. Detractors, who disparagingly refer to the law as "Obamacare," are hoping that next week's extraordinary three days of hearings on the … Continue reading »

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