Affordable Care Act Fate Hangs in the Balance With Second Supreme Court Challenge

February 27, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a case that threatens to derail the Affordable Care Act – President Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement which has significantly reduced the ranks of the uninsured. Rutgers Today talked to Joel C. Cantor, director of Rutgers Center for State Health Policy and a distinguished professor of public policy, about the details of the case and how the outcome could have wide-reaching implications for millions of Americans.

Rutgers Today, February 27

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