美国有线新闻 CNN 美共和党发布医保替代法案 废除奥巴马医改政策

 

Leading off today's news coverage¹ on CNN 10, we're explaining a proposal to overhaul² the U.S. health care system. Republicans in the House of Representatives have revealed their plan to repeal³ and replace the Affordability⁴ Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Former President Barack Obama signed it into law in 2010. It was considered his biggest domestic achievement. It's also controversial. On the plus side, it helped 20 million Americans gained health insurance coverage, contributing to more people having it than ever before. On the minus side, it costs more than the government expected and several insurance companies that initially⁵ carried it have dropped Obamacare coverage.

Congressional Republicans have been trying to repeal the law for years. Now, with their party in charge of Congress and the White House, they've released a proposal called the American Healthcare Act. The bill would eliminate the Obamacare requirement that Americans either get health insurance or pay a fine of at least several hundred dollars for not having it. It would maintain some of the popular parts of Obamacare. It would get rid of the government payments that helped people buy health insurance and replace those with the tax credit and it would eventually restructure Medicaid, a federal and state program that gives insurance to low income Americans.

Just as Obamacare is controversial, the American Care Act is too. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan says Obamacare is collapsing⁶ and that the new law would reduce costs and give every American access to good, affordable⁷ health insurance.

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has said having access doesn't mean people can afford it. Some Republican critics say the plan doesn't go far enough to eliminate Obamacare, and Democrats⁸ and some health insurance experts say the changes could put tens of millions of Americans at risk for losing their health insurance coverage, though Republicans say those who are currently enrolled⁹ would be grandfathered in so they don't.

The Trump¹⁰ administration calls the plan a work in progress. The bill will be debated and revised in the days ahead, as its Republican supporters try to push it through the House and Senate and on to President Trump's desk.

1 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

2 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

3 repeal   

n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消

参考例句：

• He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
• He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

4 affordability   

可购性

参考例句：

• Performance-Based Logistics Affordability: Can We Afford Categorical Conversion to Performance-Based Acquisition? 基于性能的后期的可承受性：能否担负得起向基于性能的采办的无条件的转变？
• There would be no crisis of affordability, as't for food or clothing. 就想食物与服装一样，因为供给没有危机。

5 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

6 collapsing   

压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂

参考例句：

• Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
• The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。

7 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

8 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。