Watch Live: The Daily Beast Debates the Future of Obamacare
We’re going live! Join NewsBeast writers Michael Tomasky, Michelle Goldberg, Peter Boyer, and Dr. Kent Sepkowitz, along with The New York Times’s Rachel Swarns, as they discuss the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated ruling on President Obama's signature health-care law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Cameras start rolling at 9:30 AM EST.
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The Decision
After months of waiting, Obamacare has been upheld by the Supreme Court. The Daily Beast reviews the legal circus.
Cheat Sheet
Health Care 101
Inside the Obamacare Ruling
An insider’s guide to the Supreme Court’s dramatic ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act. By Jesse Wegman.
Who Was Ready for the SCOTUS Decision? The Fox News Crew
Cable TV anchors might have made serious gaffes reporting the wrong healthcare decision, but not everyone was scratching their heads. Newsweek & The Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove reports from the Supreme Court that the Fox technical crew were ready—after setting up their equipment in the middle of lawn sprinklers.
Impact
Experts Sound Off
The Supreme Court Ruling on Obamacare: 16 Experts Weigh in
It’s the end of liberty! It’s the beginning of freedom! Either way you slice it, the court’s ruling on Thursday was momentous.
Hidden Benefits
Good News for Women?
Word Cloud
Readers React
What a Relief!
Minutes after the Supreme Court announced that Obamacare was upheld, we asked our Facebook readers to give their reactions in one word. Here are the results.
Video
Watch This!
Fox News Mourns Obamacare Ruling
Fox News’s reaction to SCOTUS’s ruling took a notably somber tone. Watch its anchors’ descent into gloom.
Controversies
11 Most Divisive SCOTUS Decisions
Cable's Crappy Health Care Coverage
You know that kid in your class who always talks but never actually does the reading? Well, today, that was CNN and Fox News. In a rush to beat their opponents to report the Supreme Court’s health care decision, both cable networks broadcast the wrong information—and then had to awkwardly retract their statements.
Trivia
Who Knew?
11 Wacky Supreme Court Facts
Scalia and Ginsburg go to the opera together and more Supreme Court trivia.
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