The Affordable Care act is about 15 years old and we keep seeing it come up here in Congress in campaigns. Why do you think this is such a divisive issue among Democrats and Republicans after all this time? Republicans have now tried to repeal the Affordable Care act more than 70 times over the last 15 years. They failed every single time. And yet they continue to try to rip health care away from the American people, including their own constituents. (25:44–25:53)
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Asserts that Republicans have attempted to repeal the Affordable Care Act over 70 times in 15 years.
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