Barack Obama fights to rescue Obamacare
By Al Jazeera
05 January 2017 |
9:00 am
The US Republican Party has begun efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or what most Americans call Obamacare. The outgoing president is determined, however, to protect his signature legislation.
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