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Aspen Ideas Festival
The Affordable Care Act Survives Another Test
Season 1
Episode 5
With the Supreme Court’s ruling that the federal government can provide insurance subsidies, the Affordable Care Act, as President Obama said in reaction to the ruling, “is here to stay.” Five Washington insiders, including Democrats who drafted the bill and guided it into law, and a Republican who urged state governors to set up insurance exchanges, will talk about how we this moment.
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