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Burwell: Barack Obama Responds to Supreme Court description: President Obama called a Supreme Court decision upholding a key part of the Affordable Care Act a victory but said more work remains to be done. canonical: https://time.com/3936029/supreme-court-king-burwell-barack-obama/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-25T16:35:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:32:55.478Z article:section: Politics og:title: Obama Says More Work to Be Done on Expanding Health Insurance og:description: He declared victory after a Supreme Court decision but vowed to keep working. og:url: https://time.com/3936029/supreme-court-king-burwell-barack-obama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt530fe73406d022be/6988585ef887dc994ae9117d/supreme-court-king-burwell-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. President Barack Obama (R), flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L), gives a statement on the Supreme Court health care decision in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama Says More Work to Be Done on Expanding Health Insurance twitter:description: He declared victory after a Supreme Court decision but vowed to keep working. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt530fe73406d022be/6988585ef887dc994ae9117d/supreme-court-king-burwell-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Obama Says More Work to Be Done on Expanding Health Insurance by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 25, 2015 4:35 PM UTC  U.S. President Barack Obama (R), flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L), gives a statement on the Supreme Court health care decision in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama (R), flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L), gives a statement on the Supreme Court health care decision in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 25, 2015 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong—2015 Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 25, 2015 4:35 PM UTC President Obama took a brief victory lap over the Affordable Care Act before saying it was time to get back to work. Speaking from the Rose Garden a little over an hour after the [Supreme Court ruled in favor](http://time.com/3935707/supreme-court-obamacare-affordable-care/) of keeping in place subsidies that make insurance affordable, the President declared victory for his signature health law. “The Affordable Care Act is here to stay,” Obama said. “Today is a victory for hard working Americans all across this country whose lives will continue to become more secure in a changing economy because of this law.” After five years, over 50 Congressional votes for its repeal and two Supreme Court decisions, Obama said the law is now “woven into the fabric of America” and won’t be unraveled. Under the Affordable Care Act, over [16 million previously uninsured people](http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/facts/factsheets/2014/10/affordable-care-act-is-working.html) have gained coverage. The uninsured rate has dropped dramatically and millions have access to subsidies that makes their new insurance plans more affordable. ‘This is not an abstract thing any more. This is not a set of political talking points. This is reality,” Obama said. Still, the political debate over the Affordable Care Act has loomed large of the last three election cycles, and there are signs it may continue in 2016\. Republican lawmakers and presidential contenders have vowed to make replacing the law their top priority once Obama leaves office. A number of Republican states have yet to [expand Medicaid coverage](http://kff.org/health-reform/state-indicator/state-activity-around-expanding-medicaid-under-the-affordable-care-act/) under the law. But in the Rose Garden, Obama vowed to “keep working” to get more Americans covered. “With this case behind us, let’s be clear, we’ve got work to do to make health care in America even better,” he said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3936029/supreme-court-king-burwell-barack-obama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3936029/supreme-court-king-burwell-barack-obama/"},"headline":"Obama Says More Work to Be Done on Expanding Health Insurance","datePublished":"2015-06-25T16:35:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:32:55.478Z","description":"“The Affordable Care Act is here to stay.\"","url":"https://time.com/3936029/supreme-court-king-burwell-barack-obama/","keywords":["Supreme Court","Obamacare","Affordable Care Act","White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt530fe73406d022be/6988585ef887dc994ae9117d/supreme-court-king-burwell-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt530fe73406d022be/6988585ef887dc994ae9117d/supreme-court-king-burwell-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. President Barack Obama (R), flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L), gives a statement on the Supreme Court health care decision in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 25, 2015 in Washington, DC.","caption":"U.S. President Barack Obama (R), flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L), gives a statement on the Supreme Court health care decision in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 25, 2015 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Alex Wong—2015 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/supreme-court/","name":"Supreme Court"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3936029/supreme-court-king-burwell-barack-obama/","name":"Obama Says More Work to Be Done on Expanding Health Insurance"}}]}] ```