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The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.
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.
Gallup estimated in July 2014 that the uninsured rate for adults (persons 18 years of age and over) was 13.4% as of Q2 2014, down from 18.0% in Q3 2013 when the health insurance exchanges created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or "Obamacare") first opened. The uninsured rate fell across nearly all demographic groups.
Private non-ACA health care exchanges also exist in many states, responsible for enrolling 3 million people. [6] These exchanges predate the Affordable Care Act and facilitate insurance plans for employees of small and medium size businesses.
One of the ways the Affordable Care Act transformed American health care was by making sure working- and middle-class people could get private health insurance even if their employer didn’t ...
The proportion of non-elderly individuals with employer-sponsored cover fell from 66% in 2000 to 56% in 2010, then stabilized following the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Employees who worked part-time (less than 30 hours a week) were less likely to be offered coverage by their employer than were employees who worked full-time (21% vs. 72% ...
But there’s at least one key reason to think that this time will turn out differently: A major expansion of the Affordable Care Act’s insurance subsidies passed by the Biden administration is ...
Effective January 1, 2013, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ((PPACA) essentially [further explanation needed] required flexible spending accounts to limit employees' annual elections to no more than $2,500, with small increases each year based on inflation. [45] Over-the-counter medications became ineligible expenses as well. [46]