Watch 5 years of people saying ObamaCare won't survive condensed into one short clip

To celebrate the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Affordable Care Act, Last Week Tonight presented a greatest hits of people prematurely declaring the end of ObamaCare over the past five years, complete with dramatic background music. The bit features all the classics, including Mitt Romney saying "ObamaCare will end" in 2012; Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America stating "We're going to put an end to ObamaCare" in 2013; and — an oldie but a goodie — former Florida attorney general Bill McCollum proclaiming in 2010, "I am confident that the court is going to declare the new health care reform law unconstitutional." Take a walk down memory lane by watching the video below. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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