The Fight for Healthcare

President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama lays out a comprehensive approach to the crisis facing the Nation during a joint session of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama, with Vice-President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others speaks to the media on health care reform just outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama meets with healthcare reform stakeholders in the Roosevelt Room at White House, Washington, D.C., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Advisors to President Barack Obama during a legislative health care planning meeting in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Washington, D.C., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama makes a health care related phone call in the Oval Office at the White House, 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Obama delivers remarks at a primetime press conference focused on health insurance reform, before taking questions from the media at the White House, Washington, D.C., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama meets with Democrats in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama during a meeting about health care in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama is introduced by Ron Pollack, Executive Director and Vice President of Families USA, at the organization's Health Action Conference in Washington, D.C., 2011. Brendan Hoffman/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

President Barack Obama meets with hospital executives on health care reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 16, 2010. 

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, speaks about healthcare reform at a press conference at Chinese Hospital, San Francisco, CA., 2009. AP Photo/Dino Vournas.

Health Care Summit news coverage on Fox & Friends, 2010. Fox Archives/Fox News Channel.

Fox News commentator Sean Hannity discusses the Healthcare bill, 2009. Fox Archives/Fox News Channel.

Healthcare demonstration, Washington, D.C., 2009. Reuters.

Headline: "Medicaid Scare-mongering" September 27,2009. The New York Times © 2009 The New York Times. All rights reserved.

Mitt Romney addresses the audience at the Palmetto Freedom Forum, Columbia, S.C., 2011. South Carolina ETV.

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signs into law a new health care reform bill during a ceremony at Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA, 2006. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

Cartoon: “THIS MAY STING A LITTLE.” Cartoon Stock. 

Thousands of people from across the country rally to protest the health care bill at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2009. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

Republican Representative Joe Wilson stands on a park bench while addressing several hundred demonstrators during a "CODE RED" rally in opposition to the health care reform bill on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., 2010. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

People protest against healthcare reform as the House Democrat's Healthcare plan is unveiled on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts.

Kill the Bill rally in Washington D.C. to oppose health care reform policy, 2009. Reuters.

Thousands of people from across the country protest the health care bill at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2009. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders from both parties meet to discuss health reform at the Blair House in Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama and Senator Ted Kennedy attend the second session of a Health Care Summit with members of Congress in the East Room of the White House, 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

ABC News anchor reports on the death of Senator Ted Kennedy, 2009. Courtesy of ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE. The report includes a photograph of Kennedy, courtesy of AP Photo/Charles Dharapak.

Headline: “Kennedy dead at 77 Liberal Lion of the senate, symbol of family dynasty succumbs to brain Cancer,” August 26, 2009. From The Boston Globe. © 2009 Boston Globe Media Partners. All rights reserved. Used under license.

Headline: "Loss Weighs heavily on Democrats". August 27, 2009. From Chicago Tribune. © 2009 Chicago Tribune. All rights reserved. Used under license.

Hector Moulton, a nurse at the University of Miami Hospital, watches President Barack Obama on a television screen addressing a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol as he tries to get a health care reform package passed, 2009. Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

President Barack Obama delivers an address to a joint session of Congress, explaining just how he wants to bring peace of mind to Americans who have insurance, and affordable coverage to those who don't, Washington, D.C., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks to reporters after a House Democratic caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2010. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

Congressman Ron Paul discusses healthcare reform during a segment on Fox Business, 2010. Fox Archives/Fox Business Channel.

President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius listen to comments while meeting with healthcare stakeholders in the Roosevelt Room at White House, Washington, D.C., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama makes a health care related phone call in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

House Democrats vote on the health care reform bill, the Affordable Care Act, Washington, D.C., 2009. C-SPAN.

Majority leader, Nancy Pelosi, holds a press conference following the vote for the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, 2009. C-SPAN.

Headline: "Democrats upbeat on health care bill," March 15, 2010. From The Washington Post. © 2010 The Washington Post. All rights reserved. Used under license.

Democratic leader Harry Reid speaks to reporters about the health care bill, 2010. Courtesy of ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE. 

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Phil Schiliro, ride the elevator to the Residence of White House to celebrate the House vote on health care reform H.R. 4872, Washington, D.C., National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama greets senior staff in the residence of the White House to celebrate the House vote on health care reform H.R. 4872, Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell addresses the media on health care following a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., 2009. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty Images. 

Republican leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters about the health care bill, 2010. Courtesy of ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE. 

Senators confer during a Senate Finance Committee mark up session on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., 2009. Mark Wilson/Getty Images.

Senate Republicans attend a gathering at the Blair House in Washington, D.C., 2010. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times/Redux.

President Barack Obama greets doctors and nurses following his remarks about health care reform in the East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama held a bipartisan meeting at Blair House on health reform legislation, 2009. C-SPAN.

Tea Party protests, 2010. Reuters. 

Participants display placards during a demonstration organized by the American Grass Roots Coalition and the Tea Party Express in Washington, DC, 2010. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with a member of congress in the Chief of Staff's office at the White House, Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Headline: "Obama calls for final vote on healthcare," March 4, 2010. The Los Angeles Times © 2010 The Los Angeles Times. All rights reserved.

President Barack Obama addresses the House Democratic Caucus, Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama and members of the Administration applaud the passage of the Affordable Care Act, 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama with Vice President Joe Biden, members of Congress, and special guests, signs H.R. 3590-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Fox News reporting, 2010. Fox Archive/Fox News Channel.

Republican Representative Louie Gohmert speaks during a Tea Party Patriots rally against the Affordable Care Act in front of the U.S Supreme Court, Washington, D.C., 2015. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.

Virginia's Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli appears on CNN, 2010. Courtesy CNN.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz speaks against “Obamacare.” 2010. C-SPAN.

A member of the audience holds a "Thank You" sign during President Barack Obama's speech on medicare fraud and health care insurance reform, at St. Charles High School in St. Charles, MO, 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

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