Former President Barack Obama released a 90-second video defending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in celebration of its 10th year and amidst a Supreme Court case that could upset it.

Obama is proud of his signature legislation, ACA, calling it the closest thing to "universal coverage in America," and it is because of liberal groups why the affordable healthcare plan is alive.

However, some might be surprised that the only reason why ACA got passed in the first place is due to a Supreme Court decision granting it as a law.

It was announced last Monday that the Supreme Court would be reviewing a case to potentially overturn the healthcare legislation, and the hearings would likely start this October. A decision is most likely to be made after the November elections, CNN reported.

With two Trump-appointed justices making the decisions, and even more pressure from Republicans in the Senate, Obamacare might not go on another year.

Obama's video might not have endorsed anyone in particular, but it is a reminder to voters to band together for the sake of protecting progress. 

"With your help, it's the closest we've ever come to universal coverage in America," Obama said. "There are people alive today because of what you did. There are 135 million Americans whose pre-existing conditions are now protected because of what you did. That's something worth celebrating, but it's also progress worth protecting."

"You helped protect it with your vote in 2018," Obama said. "But even with a House of Representatives committed to building on the Affordable Care Act, Republicans will keep trying, both in Congress and in the courts, to rip away the care that millions of Americans rely on and to raise costs for millions more."

Republicans have successfully weakened Obamacare. A Republican-led Congress eliminated the law's mandate that required individuals to have the coverage or pay a penalty for not being insured, and a group of Republican attorneys general presented a lawsuit, questioning whether or not the ACA is legal, CNN reported. 

The fate of the ACA will be determined in 2020 by the upcoming presidential elections as Democrats who want to expand on the ACA try to seize control of the White House. Former Vice President Joe Biden, a close friend to Obama, said he is committed to protecting the ACA, the Hill reported. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the remaining major candidate opposing Biden, said he would replace the ACA with his own signature proposal, Medicare for All, a single-payer system that eliminates private health insurance.

The ACA has lowered the rate of uninsured people in the United States — the rate dropped from 17.8% to 10% between 2010 and 2016, as Blavity previously reported. Parents were also allowed to keep adult children in their existing health insurance plans until their children turned 26, allowing young adults to save on healthcare costs longer.

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