The ACA birthday celebration continues! 5+ years of Obamacare protest signs

The fifth anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was on Monday, and there has been more than enough talk and press about where things stand currently. Is it working? Who’s still on board? Which people are hoping the King v. Burwell Supreme Court case can dismantle it? With Obamacare saving hospitals more […]

By Nicole Oran on March 25, 2015 9:46 am

The fifth anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was on Monday, and there has been more than enough talk and press about where things stand currently. Is it working? Who’s still on board? Which people are hoping the King v. Burwell Supreme Court case can dismantle it?

With Obamacare saving hospitals more than $7 billion in 2014 and millions of Americans finally having health insurance, whilst alternative plans and repeal initiatives keep moving forward, things are all over the map. We thought we’d just take a look back at how some Americans have taken advantage of the First Amendment with the help of signs, banners and stickers. Here are 10 Obamacare protest images taken throughout previous years (on both sides of the equation).

 

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Tea Party tax day protest, April 15, 2010 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Photo from Flickr user Fibonacci Blue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obamacare protest at Supreme Court. Photo from Flickr user Tabitha Kaylee Hawk taken January 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tea Party protest, March 21, 2010, U.S. House of Representatives. Photo from Flickr user The Q Speaks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activists in front of the Supreme Court building, March 27, 2012. Photo from Flickr user SEIU.

Conservative minivan. Photo from Flickr user Craig Allen taken November 13, 2012.
Rally in support of the Affordable Care Act in front of the Supreme Court, taken March 28, 2012 by Flickr user LaDawna Howard.

 

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act on the steps of the Supreme Court as the Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell. Photo taken March 4, 2015 by Flickr user SEIU.