What the so-called Affordable Care Act (ACA), more commonly known as [Obamacare] should really be called.
> Well, I lost my old insurance plan, only to have it replaced by some rip-off plan thanks to the Unaffordable Care Act. My monthly premiums are twice as much, my deductible is 4x as much, and though I am a female I have to pay for things like prostate care coverage while my grandpa is paying for maternity coverage. What idiot came up with this and said it would be great anyway?
> So let me get this straight: We have to pay higher premiums, higher deductibles, and will probably have to pay for a bailout of the insurance companies on top of all that?! That's the Unaffordable Care Act for you. Thanks Obama.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now we report on the big effect that the repeal of the Affordable Care Act would have on hospitals. Exactly what effect depends on whether and how Congress makes good on a promise to replace the law. Here's what is known - the cu

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now, today is the last day - for this year anyway - to sign up for the health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act, which may seem a bit strange since most of the talk in Washington has been about getting rid of Obamacar

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ACT III ... my slogan is

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ACT II Here are the fliers, hot off the press! 传单来了, 刚刚印出来! Looks good. 看起来很好。 Simple. 简单明了。 Right over here, Grandpa. 请到这儿来,爷爷。 You fold the fl

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ACT I I don't believe it! 我简直难以相信! What's wrong? 怎么了? Carter Boswell! Carter Boswell ! Who's Carter Boswell? 谁是Carter Boswell ? He's running for the school board. 他正在竞选

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ACT I You like living in New York, don't you? 你喜欢住在纽约,是吗? Oh, I love it. 噢,我喜欢住在纽约。 It's so convenient. 一切都很方便。 I can take the bus to work ... 我可

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ACT III There's a conversation we have to finish. 我们有一段话还没有谈完呢? What was it about? 刚才谈什么? It was about caring. 谈到关心。 Oh? 噢? Yes, caring. 是的 ,关

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ACT III Hi, big guy. 嗨,好小子。 That must be Rita Mae. 那一定是Rita Mae。 She sure got here quickly. 她来得真快。 That's a good sign. 这是个好兆头。 She must like you and your

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by Adam Freedman Todays topic: Is the health care reform law constitutional? At the risk of stirring up controversy, I cant resist dipping a toe into the current debate over the new health care bill. One of my readers-Mary-writes in to ask whether th

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语 Legal Lad

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Senate overnight voted to approve a budget resolution which amounts to the first step of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. There's a long, long, long way to go. Republicans and Democrats have yet t

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: So Republicans in Congress are moving ahead with efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They've said that's a priority. But there's a new poll suggesting that their constituents might not be as eager as they are to see the law

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today in Your Health, the future of the Affordable Care Act. On Wednesday, President Obama will meet with congressional Democrats about how to protect the health care reform plan that bears his name. Republican leaders have said

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Republican Congress is working to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare. Many of us are confused about what's exactly going on. We asked you to post your questions on Twitter and Facebook, and thi

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Over the weekend, the Trump administration announced that it is freezing billions of dollars in payments to insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act. The so-called risk adjustment payments are designed to help stabilize i

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

今天我们要学的词是affordable。 Affordable, 是指能够负担得起。 Affordable housing, 是住得起的房子;affordable health care, 是指能够负担的医疗保健费用。The state government is discussing plans to make state coll

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今天我们要学的词是affordable。 Affordable, 是指能够负担得起。 Affordable housing, 是住得起的房子;affordable health care, 是指能够负担的医疗保健费用。The state government is discussing plans to make state coll

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The White House has expressed confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform law as constitutional. After the Supreme Court heard the final legal argument on the health care law, a White House

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: President Trump and congressional Republicans celebrated in the White House Rose Garden today after the House narrowly passed health care legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT

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WASHINGTON, June 29 (Xinhua)-- Americans are sharply divided over Thursday's Supreme Court decision to uphold the core of Obama administration's health care legislation, according to a Gallup poll released on Friday. The latest poll found 46 percent

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A poll indicates that most Americans oppose President Barack Obama's health care reform even though they strongly support most of its provisions. The Reuters-Ipsos poll was conducted last week. The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its ruling on

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