America
Obama touts success of healthcare reform despite partisan division
Washington, March 26
US President Barack Obama has claimed the health-care law which took effects five years ago worked "better than expected."
The
Affordable Care Act was signed on March 23, 2010, and has been an issue
that deeply divides the Democrats and the Republicans since then,
Xinhua reported.
Democrats regarded it as the culmination of
tremendous efforts in the past decade to ensure health coverage for
Americans across the nation, including people with health problems who
till then had often been refused insurance coverage by insurance
companies.
On the other hand, Republicans dismissed the
Affordable Care Act as government overreach, and haven been trying to
repeal or roll back what they dubbed as "Obamacare."
As
Republicans are now in full control of both chambers of Congress,
possibilities of a bill to repeal Obamacare looms large, though Obama is
sure to veto any such legislation.
According to latest
statistics released on March 16 by the US Department of Health and Human
Service, over 16 million out of the more than 300 million US residents
have gained insurance coverage under Obama's health care law.