Im live tonight in charleston. We begin tonight with a major victory for the American People at the Supreme Court. The court upheld a key part of the Affordable Care act the subsidies to help people pay for their insurance. The justices voted 63 to keep the subsidies. In his decision chief Justice John Roberts wrote Congress Passed the Affordable Care act to improve Health Insurance markets, not to destroy them. The decision is great news for the 6. 4 million americans who buy insurance on the federal exchange. Also great news for president obama. Here you can see him celebrating the decision with his chief of staff. Moments later, he spoke to the American People. There can be no doubt that this law is working. It has changed and in some cases saved american lives. Its set this country on a smarter, stronger course. And today after more than 50 votes in congress to repeal or waeg weaken this law, after a president ial election based in part on preserving our repealing that law, after m
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jackson, another supporter whose family has benefited from the law. and ron pollock joins us now along with dr. zeke emanuel who was an adviser to the white house on health care. so ron, let me start with you. you were joined today by somebody who has benefited directly from this law. this court ruling today in real terms to real people, what does it mean? it means that they now have the peace of mind that the health coverage they couldn t get before the affordable care act became law, now they know that they are getting significant help, they re get substantial subsidies that make health coverage affordable. and it won t be taken away. and so we have talked to countless people many of whom we ve brought to washington to tell their own stories. gwenn was one of them. and they all say that if it wasn t for the affordable care act, they would be uninsured, many of them have major health care problems like gwenn s husband, he had a significant tumor. and if he did not have health
people who have coverage grow every single year, and as it becomes fully embedded into the fabric of american society, i think what you began to hear today with republicans up on capitol hill, some of them saying, well, maybe we should try a different approach while others are simply saying repeal and replace. steve, that is going the repeal and replace is going to become increasingly untenable as this really gets woven even deeper into the fabric of american society. so again, this is why we do the work that we do to make sure that we help as many people with a little time that we have here holding these positions. thanks for your time tonight. appreciate that. and one of the leading proponents of the law, head of families usa advocacy group ron pollock, was in the courtroom today. he later emerged with a triumphant fist pump. he s accompanied by gwenn