Health Care Battle Looms in United States
August 20, 2013
A Tea Party member reaches for a pamphlet titled "The Impact of Obamacare", at a Tea Party Rally in Littleton, New Hampshire, Oct. 27, 2012
U.S. lawmakers return to Washington next month and they face a deadline of October 1 on how to continue funding the federal government.
A group of Republicans is threatening to force a government shutdown unless Congress votes to deny funding for President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform law, known as the Affordable Care Act.
Obama signed health care reform into law in 2010, but the battle over its implementation continues. Groups for and against the health-care law are running TV ads in hopes of winning public support.
Some Republicans are demanding that Congress defund the health care law as part of any agreement to renew overall government spending in October, including Texas Senator Ted Cruz.
“It is not working, said Cruz. "It is hurting health care and now is the opportunity to do it if the American people rise up and hold our elected officials accountable.”
Joining Cruz in the effort is Florida Senator Marco Rubio, both are considered potential presidential contenders in 2016.
“It will do irreparable damage to our economy and to our country," said Rubio. "I do not think you can say that you are against Obamacare if you vote for a budget that funds it.”
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