Hill June 5, 2021
President Biden and former President Obama teamed up Saturday to tout a new record number of people enrolled in ObamaCare.
The two reunited on Zoom to announce that more than 31 million Americans have gained access to health care through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Biden said that figure includes 1.2 million people who signed up for health coverage during his administration’s special enrollment period.
“Joe Biden, we did this together,” Obama said on the call.
“We always talked about how if we could get the principle of universal coverage established, we could then build on it. And I just want to say how proud I am of what you have done with the American Rescue Plan,”...