White House Declares Victory as Obamacare Turns 6

More than 14 percent of Americans were uninsured in 2013 before the health care law's big coverage expansion

Obamacare has its sixth anniversary Wednesday and the White House is declaring victory over critics who said it would fail and multiple lawsuits seeking to have it declared unconstitutional, NBC News reported.

President Barack Obama signed the law, known formally as the Affordable Care Act, on March 23, 2010 after a big fight with Congress. Democrats held a slim majority at the time and passed the law without a single Republican vote.

Despite dozens of votes, a Congress now controlled by Republicans has been unable to muster enough to repeal the law with enough of a margin to override a veto by Obama.

"Thanks to this law, 20 million more Americans now know the security of having health insurance, and our uninsured rate is below ten percent for the first time on record," he said in a statement.

More than 14 percent of Americans were uninsured in 2013 before the health care law's big coverage expansion. That share dropped to 9 percent last year.

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