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People can purchase health insurance that complies with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, known colloquially as "Obamacare") at ACA health exchanges, where they can choose from a range of government-regulated and standardized health care plans offered by the insurers participating in the exchange.
The deadline for open enrollment for 2024 is approaching for Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance and many job-based plans.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) [1] is divided into 10 titles [2] and contains provisions that became effective immediately, 90 days after enactment, and six months after enactment, as well as provisions phased in through to 2020. [3] [4] Below are some of the key provisions of the ACA.
ACA amended the Public Health Service Act of 1944 and inserted new provisions on affordable care into Title 42 of the United States Code. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 17 ] [ 4 ] The individual insurance market was radically overhauled, and many of the law's regulations applied specifically to this market, [ 1 ] while the structure of Medicare, Medicaid ...
Experts expect price hikes would lead some Americans to drop their coverage, while others would downgrade to cheaper plans. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that in total, 3 million more ...
According to a 2014 study, the ACA likely prevented an estimated 50,000 preventable patient deaths from 2010 to 2013. [58] City University public health professors David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler wrote in January 2017 that a rollback of the ACA's Medicaid expansion alone would cause an estimated 43,956 deaths annually. [59]
This is an expensive milestone that many people won’t be able to afford in 2024 due to the increased cost of living. While retiring is a personal decision, many Americans will likely look at the ...
The Affordable Care Act of 2010 was designed primarily to extend health coverage to those without it by expanding Medicaid, creating financial incentives for employers to offer coverage, and requiring those without employer or public coverage to purchase insurance in newly created health insurance exchanges. This requirement for almost all ...