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Passing healthcare reform was a hardfought battle from "summary" of A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Passing healthcare reform, meanwhile, was a hardfought battle, as challenging as anything I’d encountered in my presidency. The Affordable Care Act was a long-overdue overhaul of our healthcare system, one that sought to extend coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans, rein in the rising costs of care, and improve the quality of that care. But the Act faced fierce opposition from Republicans in Congress, who saw it as government overreach and a threat to the free market. They launched a relentless campaign to undermine and repeal it, stoking fears about death pane...
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