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We're starting in the U.S. landmark1 of Capitol Hill, where congressional Republicans and U.S. President Donald Trump2 had been working on a new healthcare plan. It would repeal3 and replace a health care law passed in 2010 by congressional Democrats4 and former U.S. President Barack Obama.
That law is the Affordable5 Care Act also known as Obamacare. It made some popular changes to the U.S. healthcare system and led to a record number of Americans having health insurance. But it also increased costs for the federal government and many participants. And insurance companies increasingly stopped offering Obamacare in part because not enough people signed up for it.
Republicans have promised and attempted repeatedly to repeal Obamacare since it was passed. But up to this point, they have not been successful.
Their latest effort is called the Graham-Cassidy bill, named for two of the Republican senators who proposed it. All of the Democrats in the Senate are against the bill, just like all Republicans who voted in 2010 opposed Obamacare.
Now, with a slim majority in that chamber6, Republicans are attempting one more time to repeal and replace Obamacare before the end of this month.
We'll let you know what happens.
1 landmark | |
n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标 | |
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2 trump | |
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭 | |
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3 repeal | |
n.废止,撤消;v.废止,撤消 | |
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4 democrats | |
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 ) | |
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5 affordable | |
adj.支付得起的,不太昂贵的 | |
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6 chamber | |
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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