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ObamaCare, officially called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is a health care reform law signed in 2010 by President Barack Obama. The general goal of the law is to improve the quality, access, and affordability of healthcare and health insurance.
Mar 23, 2020 · Right now, the Affordable Care Act offers premium subsidies to Americans who earn up to 400 percent of the poverty line, about $48,500 for an individual and $100,000 for a family of four.
Since 2010, The ACA has given more than 40 million Americans access to health care, expanded Medicaid to 40 states to cover 21 million low-income adults under 65, and protected as many as 133 million with pre-existing conditions from losing their health insurance.
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14 years ago today President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. As President Obama said in a statement, thanks to the ACA “more than 21 million Americans now have access to quality, affordable health care.
Apr 5, 2022 · Officially known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the measure has expanded health coverage to millions; as it passed the decade mark, more than 20 million people had...
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11 years ago today, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. What I remember most about that week is standing on the Truman Balcony the night the ACA passed, listening to the President explain why that moment meant more to him than the night he was elected. Watch this video to hear for yourself:
In his article President Obama details the progress related to the ACA—the decline in the number of uninsured, the blunting of the increase of health care costs in Medicaid and Medicare, and the overall improvement in access to care and other processes of care.
