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It was a long, hard road to get the American people their rightful access to the world’s best health care, but we did it. Two years ago we implemented a historic law to ensure that stories shared with me of going without life-saving medicines because they were too expensive or not having access to health care coverage because an insurance company decided someone was too sick to cover are things of the past.  

Today, because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a bill I doggedly worked to get signed into law, we live in a country where 17 million children cannot be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. 

This week the Supreme Court hears oral arguments to determine the fate of the ACA and along with it the fate of 33 million of our citizens who will lose access to health care if the law is not upheld.  Over the course of my career I have fought tirelessly to guarantee that every man, woman and child in our nation could see the doctor of their choice and not drown in a sea of debt because of it.  And I will continue to fight for these rights and the ACA’s implementation. 

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