Obamacare

[oh-bah-muh-kair]

noun

1. a federal law providing for a fundamental reform of the U.S. healthcare and health insurance system, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010: formally called Affordable Care Act or Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Obamacare¹

(Barack) Obama + (health)care

Example Sentences

Lawmakers are racing to relieve a problem for the 24.3 million Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, otherwise called Obamacare.

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Oscar Health, an insurer that offers plans through what is widely known as Obamacare, was up 23% on Monday.

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Hospital stocks have been hit in recent weeks by the growing certainty that Congress won’t extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies that made insurance plans sold on the Obamacare exchanges more affordable for many Americans.

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He simply walked up to the desk and gave a thumbs down, effectively ending the GOP’s relentless, years-long attempts to repeal Obamacare.

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Indeed, some Democrats have admitted that the reason they shut down the government was to hold out for more “emergency” subsidy money because Obamacare has failed to make health coverage affordable.

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