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US Senate Fails to Repeal ObamaCare in Another Symbolic Attempt

© Fotolia / Yaroslav PavlovFifty six percent of Americans disapprove US President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known as Obamacare
Fifty six percent of Americans disapprove US President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known as Obamacare - Sputnik International
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The US Senate fell a few votes short of a 60-vote supermajority on Sunday in yet another attempt to repeal President Barack Obama’s flagship healthcare Affordable Care Act.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell introduced a vote on ObamaCare, unpopular with the Republican lawmakers, on Friday as part of an effort to gain support on the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank.

Fifty six percent of Americans disapprove US President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known as Obamacare - Sputnik International
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The ObamaCare and Ex-Im Bank votes in the rare Sunday session were attached to a six-year highway funding bill.

US President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010.

This March 1, 2014 file photo shows part of the website for HealthCare.gov, seen in Washington. President Barack Obama’s health care law has become a tale of two Americas. States that fully embraced the law’s coverage expansion are experiencing a significant drop in the share of their residents who remain uninsured, according to an extensive new poll released Tuesday. States whose leaders still object to “Obamacare” are seeing much less change. - Sputnik International
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Democratic and Republican estimations of how many times US Congress has voted on ObamaCare range from 56 to 67 discrete votes, including eight votes for a full repeal, in the act’s brief five-year history.

The US Supreme Court upheld subsidies under ObamaCare challenged by its opponents in a 6-to-3 vote in late June.

Critics have said that despite the president’s promises, US citizens were not able to keep their original healthcare plans or their doctors, and taxpayers continue to be hit by rising costs, decreased quality of care and less healthcare providers choices.

Supporters point out the program's deep outreach to underserved citizens, allowing many more to able to afford high-quality healthcare.

At present, two US government programs implemented through ObamaCare, Medicare and Medicaid, provide insurance to 123 million US citizens, according to the White House.

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