广播电视英语短句 第 187 课：医保法案-4

If not, they could face a fine of two thousand dollars a year for every worker. 否则，他们将按照每名雇员2,000美元每年缴纳罚款。

Also, this year the law will start closing what is known as "the doughnut hole." 今年，该法律还将停止所谓的“the doughnut hole”。

That is a lack of Medicare coverage for some drug costs for older Americans. 这指的是美国老年人所使用的非老年医疗救助项目所覆盖的某些药物费用。

President Obama promised senior citizens that the reforms will not cut their guaranteed benefits. 奥巴马总统向老年公民承诺，医疗改革不会削减向他们被确保的利益。

He signed the bill Tuesday at the White House, before Democratic lawmakers and people with stories of health insurance problems. 周二，奥巴马在民主党立法者和有医保问题的民众面前，于白宫签署了这一法案。