
What We're Reading: Obamacare Enrollees Voted for Trump to Fix, Not Repeal, ACA
What we're reading, December 14, 2016: many Obamacare enrollees voted for Donald Trump expecting him to fix, not repeal, the law; President Barack Obama signs 21st Century Cures Act into law; Ohio Governor John Kasich vetoes one abortion bill, signs another.
People who have enrolled for healthcare insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and voted for Donald Trump did so because they expected him to fix, not repeal, the law. According to Vox’s Sarah Kliff, who spent time in Kentucky
President Barack Obama has signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law. The bill invests $1.8 billion in Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot program and includes an $6.3 billion in new spending overall in the next 10 years. While the bill represents a rare example of bipartisanship, patient advocacy groups remain opposed to it,
In Ohio, Governor John Kasich vetoed one abortion bill only to sign into law another, less restrictive abortion bill.
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