United States: Supreme Court re-validates Obamacare

The US Supreme Court refused to strike Obamacare on Thursday, June 17.

This law, passed in 2010, allows millions of needy Americans to benefit from health insurance.

Thanks to her, the rate of Americans without health insurance fell from 20.3% in 2013 to 9% in 2017. This law allows 31 million people to benefit from social security coverage, according to a published report. at the beginning of June by the Ministry of Health.

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Emblematic of the Obama presidency, it has been relentlessly fought by Republicans and Donald Trump in recent years.

For the former president, it is a double snub.

The judges rejected the invalidation of the law by seven votes out of nine, and two judges he appointed, Brett Kavanaugh and Amey Coney Barett, voted in favor.

For the third time, the Supreme Court has validated this text, but it has not ruled on the merits.

Indeed, it ruled that Texas and the other Republican states which brought an action were not justified to do so.

Joe Biden rejoiced on Twitter: "

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While the health crisis has hit the United States hard, the American president has decided to open a special period by allowing registration for health insurance until August 15. Normally, the registration period for Obamacare runs from early November to mid-December each year. At the beginning of May, a million Americans had already subscribed to it on the website of the Ministry of Health. According to CNN, the US administration has spent $ 100 million on advertising campaigns to encourage Americans to register.