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The United States is the only industrialized nation that does not provide health care for all its citizens.
美国是唯一一个不为所有公民提供医疗保健的工业化国家。
About 8.6 of Americans or 28 million people did not have health insurance at any point during the year 2020 according to US Census Bureau data.
根据美国人口普查局的数据，大约有8.6%的美国人，即2800万人，在2020年的任何时间点都没有医疗保险。
President Joe Biden wants to reduce that number.
美国总统乔·拜登希望减少这一数字。
Once today's proposed rule is finalized, starting next year working families in America will get the help they need to afford full family coverage, everyone in the family.
一旦今天的提案最终确定下来，从明年开始，美国的工薪家庭将得到他们需要的帮助，以负担得起整个家庭里每位家庭成员的保险。
Biden announced his proposal Tuesday at the White House with former President Barack Obama who signed the Affordable Care Act, a sweeping health care law known as Obamacare in March 2010.
周二，拜登与前总统奥巴马一起在白宫宣布了他的提案，奥巴马于2010年3月签署了平价医疗法案，这是一项全面的医改法案，被称为奥巴马医改计划。
This is Obama's first return visit to the White House since he left office in 2017.
这是奥巴马自2017年卸任以来首次回访白宫。
"Joe Biden and I did a lot together."
“乔·拜登和我一起做了很多事情。”
After two terms with Biden as his vice president, "but nothing made me prouder than providing better health care and more protections to millions of people across this country."
此前拜登担任了两届他的副总统，“但没有什么比为全国数百万人提供更好的医疗保健和更多的保障更让我自豪的了。”
Biden's proposed changes to the ACA will fix this so-called "family glitch".
拜登提出的对平价医疗法案的修改将解决所谓的“家庭故障”。
Based on current regulations, an employee's family members who purchase health coverage through the employer are ineligible for a premium tax credit even though they need it to afford coverage.
根据现行法规，通过雇主购买医疗保险的雇员的家庭成员没有资格享受保费税收抵免，尽管他们需要这笔钱来支付医保。
The "glitch" affects about 5 million people according to the White House.
据白宫称，该“故障”影响大约500万人。
Republican Representative Kevin Brady, the House Ways and Means committee leader, criticized the move and accused Biden of misusing executive orders.
众议院筹款委员会主席、共和党众议员凯文·布雷迪抨击了这一举措，并指责拜登滥用行政命令。
The country's health care is a public-private system with about 65% of Americans covered by private health insurance and the rest relying on public coverage including Medicare and Medicaid.
美国的医疗保健是一个公私合作的体系，约65%的美国人享有私人医疗保险，剩下的人依赖于包括医疗保险和医疗补助在内的公共保险。
This is a country that is very much oriented toward the private sector, the employer.
这是一个非常倾向于私营部门和雇主的国家。
And the employer providing benefits that creates this discontinuity, if you like, between us not having a health care that's universal for everyone.
雇主提供的福利造成了这种不连续性，如果你愿意的话，雇主会为我们这些没有医保的人提供医保，而这是世界上其它地方的每个人都享有的福利。
About 55% of Americans support the ACA according to a recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
根据凯撒家庭基金会最近的一项民意调查，大约55%的美国人支持平价医疗法案。
"The constitution matters. The constitution... "
“宪法很重要。宪法……”
During the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress tried repeatedly to repeal the law but failed.
在特朗普政府期间，国会中的共和党人曾多次试图废除这项法律，但都失败了。
Since Biden took office, enrollment and coverage through the ACA has been at a peak.
自拜登上任以来，平价医疗法案的参保人数和覆盖范围达到了一个高峰。
The law significantly cut the number of uninsured which once stood at 46.5 million.
该法案大大减少了未参保人数，未参保人数曾高达4650万。
