Democrats Make Health Care a Focus for Supreme Court Nominee Barrett Hearing

Democrats Make Health Care a Focus for Supreme Court Nominee Barrett Hearing
Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett listens during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington on Oct. 12, 2020. Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images
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Senate Democrats will make the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, the front and center issue in Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings.

“Health care coverage for millions of Americans is at stake with this nomination,” Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said during her opening statement on Monday.