Affordable Care Act
American insurance overhaul
The Affordable Care Act is a 2010 U.S. federal law that expanded health insurance coverage through insurance market reforms, Medicaid expansion, and subsidized marketplace plans.
Often called Obamacare after President Obama, who signed it into law.
The ACA requires insurers to cover preexisting conditions and allows young adults to stay on parents' plans until age 26: She got coverage through the ACA marketplace.
- ObamaForty-fourth president's family name
- MedicaidPublic health coverage for poor
- healthcare reformChanges to medical systems
- health insuranceProtection against medical costs
- immunizationsInjections conferring disease resistance
Nancy Pelosi · preexisting · legislation · coverage gap · healthcare · copayments · deductibles · policy · healthcare subsidies · community health centers · telemedicine services · repeal · death panels · Supreme Court · change · enrollment · uninsured · benefits
- assistance programsfood stamps, welfare checks, TANF, Medicaid, Medicare
- Federal Lawsfederal laws, congressional acts, acts, Civil Rights Act, Clean Air Act
- Government Programswelfare program, Great Society, healthcare reform, Medicare, Medicaid
- Health Activismhealth policy, health equity, healthcare access, patient rights, public health campaigns
- health policypublic health policy, health policy, healthcare policy, health legislation, health directives
- legislationbills, acts, laws, statutes, bill
Affordable Care ActMedicare for All
Single-payer national health system
socialized medicine · single-payer system · National Health Service · universal healthcare