如果气候法案早于医疗法案通过会怎样？
这就是《平价医疗法案》的意义所在。
超过半数的州长要求联邦医疗法案的豁免权。
More than half have asked for an exemption from federal Medicaid rules.
议会或许还是能够通过奥巴马想要的医疗法案。
与此同时，共和党将发动一场漫长而痛苦的战斗来阻碍医疗法案的通过。
Meanwhile, the Republicans will mount a long and painful battle to stymie the health-care bill.
国会三月份通过的医疗法案希望在未来的几年能够使所有美国人参保。
The health care law passed by Congress in March aims to get almost every Americans insured in the coming years.
共和党人打从奥巴马将此签署成法律以来就一直试图废除平价医疗法案。
Republicans have been trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act from the moment Mr Obama signed it into law.
他咆哮道：“麻省的医疗法案中唯一不贵的东西就是你可以花50美元做一次流产。”
“[T]he only thing inexpensive about Massachusetts’s health-care bill is that there you can get a $50 abortion, ” he growled.
奥巴马医保(正式名称是《患者保护与平价医疗法案》)由于费用增加而一直饱受批评。
Obamacare, officially the Patient Protection and Affordable care Act, has drawn criticism due to a rise in premiums.
但即使议案厚达2000多页，国会所有人都很清楚众议院目前的医疗法案不可能成为法律。
But for all the bill's 2,000-odd pages of detail, everyone on Capitol Hill knows that the House's health-care act will never become law in its present form.
但即使议案厚达2000多页，国会所有人都很清楚众议院目前的医疗法案不可能成为法律。
But for all the bill's 2, 000-odd pages of detail, everyone on Capitol Hill knows that the House's health-care act will never become law in its present form.
他发誓不会制定一个增加国家财政赤字的医疗法案，并且保证如果储蓄并不能提取成现金，他将自动减少花费。
He has made a cast-iron pledge that he will not sign a health bill that increases the deficit, and has promised automatic spending cuts if savings do not materialise.
他的顾问团似乎已经做下定论：在这种经济困难时期，在气候法案上的努力终将是徒劳，因而将注意力投向医疗法案。
His advisers seem to have concluded that a climate bill was a non-starter given the parlous state of the economy, and concentrated on health care instead.
而共和党人则通过大声宣布要废除新的医疗法案企图赢得国会的控制权，他们像是已经在竞选中找到了一个有力的武器。
Republicans, who have noisily declared their intention to repeal the new health laws if they win control of Congress, appear to havefound a useful weapon in the campaign.
由于限排法案通过国会的进程速度缓慢，一些外国合作人以必须首要考虑医疗法案，或者国会真的是复杂难懂为借口，他们逐渐耗尽了耐心。
But the slow progress of the bill through Congress has foreign partners running out of patience with the excuse that the health-care bill must come first, or that Congress really is complex.
这份普查报告明确地显示，当辛勤工作的美国人稍微得到一点帮助时——比如食品券和《平价医疗法案》（AffordableCare Act）提供的健康保险——他们就能够摆脱贫困。
The census report makes clear that when hard-working Americans get a small boost — like food stamps and health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act — they can climb out of poverty.
这份普查报告明确地显示，当辛勤工作的美国人稍微得到一点帮助时——比如食品券和《平价医疗法案》（AffordableCare Act）提供的健康保险——他们就能够摆脱贫困。
The census report makes clear that when hard-working Americans get a small boost — like food stamps and health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act — they can climb out of poverty.
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