On Friday, March 24, following President Trump’s repeated campaign promises to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also referred to as ACA or Obamacare, the GOP Healthcare bill fell through after facing opposition within the Republican party. The bill formally referred to as the American Health Care Act, also known as AHCA or Obamacare-lite, was created to replace the ... Read More »
The Affordable Care Act, more often referred to as Obamacare, is a federal statute signed into law by Barack Obama in 2010. Since its implication, the ACA has been the cause for three supreme court cases, a government shutdown and a talking point across party lines during the 2016 election. One of the most famous aftermaths was in Sept. 2013, when ... Read More »
Over winter break, I had to attend a mandatory meeting regarding the Affordable Care Act compliance and how it was limiting students to 25 working hours on campus. As a result, I came into this editorial frustrated, angry, and full of bias. Once I began to investigate what was causing the student body to go into an uproar, my opinion ... Read More »
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