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management</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Risk_management-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Risk_corridors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Risk_corridors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1</span> <span>Risk corridors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Risk_corridors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reinsurance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reinsurance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.2</span> <span>Reinsurance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reinsurance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Risk_adjustment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Risk_adjustment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.3</span> <span>Risk adjustment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Risk_adjustment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medicaid_expansion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medicaid_expansion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Medicaid expansion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medicaid_expansion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medicare_savings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medicare_savings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>Medicare savings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medicare_savings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Taxes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taxes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>Taxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taxes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Medicare_taxes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medicare_taxes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.1</span> <span>Medicare taxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medicare_taxes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Excise_taxes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Excise_taxes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.2</span> <span>Excise taxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Excise_taxes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-SCHIP" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#SCHIP"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>SCHIP</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-SCHIP-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dependents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dependents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.11</span> <span>Dependents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dependents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Employer_mandate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Employer_mandate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.12</span> <span>Employer mandate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Employer_mandate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Delivery_system_reforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Delivery_system_reforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13</span> <span>Delivery system reforms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Delivery_system_reforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hospital_quality" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hospital_quality"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13.1</span> <span>Hospital quality</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hospital_quality-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bundled_payments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bundled_payments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13.2</span> <span>Bundled payments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bundled_payments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Accountable_care_organizations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Accountable_care_organizations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13.3</span> <span>Accountable care organizations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Accountable_care_organizations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medicare_drug_benefit_(Part_D)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medicare_drug_benefit_(Part_D)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.14</span> <span>Medicare drug benefit (Part D)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medicare_drug_benefit_(Part_D)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_waivers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_waivers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.15</span> <span>State waivers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_waivers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_insurance_provisions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_insurance_provisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.16</span> <span>Other insurance provisions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_insurance_provisions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nutrition_labeling_requirements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nutrition_labeling_requirements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.17</span> <span>Nutrition labeling requirements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nutrition_labeling_requirements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legislative_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legislative_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Legislative history</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Legislative_history-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Legislative history subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Legislative_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Individual_mandate_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Individual_mandate_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Individual mandate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Individual_mandate_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Academic_foundation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Academic_foundation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Academic foundation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Academic_foundation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Healthcare_debate,_2008–10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Healthcare_debate,_2008–10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Healthcare debate, 2008–10</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Healthcare_debate,_2008–10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Senate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Senate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Senate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Senate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-House" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#House"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>House</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-House-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-enactment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-enactment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Post-enactment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-enactment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Impact" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Impact"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Impact</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Impact-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Impact subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Impact-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Coverage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coverage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Coverage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coverage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Taxes_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taxes_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Taxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taxes_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Insurance_exchanges" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Insurance_exchanges"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Insurance exchanges</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Insurance_exchanges-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medicaid_expansion_in_practice" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medicaid_expansion_in_practice"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Medicaid expansion in practice</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medicaid_expansion_in_practice-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Medicaid_expansion_by_state" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medicaid_expansion_by_state"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Medicaid expansion by state</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medicaid_expansion_by_state-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Insurance_costs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Insurance_costs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Insurance costs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Insurance_costs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Deductibles_and_co-payments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deductibles_and_co-payments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5.1</span> <span>Deductibles and co-payments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Deductibles_and_co-payments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Health_outcomes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Health_outcomes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Health outcomes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Health_outcomes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Distributional_impact" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Distributional_impact"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Distributional impact</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Distributional_impact-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Federal_deficit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Federal_deficit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>Federal deficit</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Federal_deficit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-CBO_estimates_of_revenue_and_impact_on_deficit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#CBO_estimates_of_revenue_and_impact_on_deficit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8.1</span> <span>CBO estimates of revenue and impact on deficit</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-CBO_estimates_of_revenue_and_impact_on_deficit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Opinions_on_CBO_projections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Opinions_on_CBO_projections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8.2</span> <span>Opinions on CBO projections</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Opinions_on_CBO_projections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Employer_mandate_and_part-time_work" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Employer_mandate_and_part-time_work"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span>Employer mandate and part-time work</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Employer_mandate_and_part-time_work-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hospitals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hospitals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.10</span> <span>Hospitals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hospitals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economic_consequences" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economic_consequences"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.11</span> <span>Economic consequences</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economic_consequences-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Public_opinion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Public_opinion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Public opinion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Public_opinion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Political_aspects" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Political_aspects"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Political aspects</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Political_aspects-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Political aspects subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Political_aspects-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-&quot;Obamacare&quot;" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#&quot;Obamacare&quot;"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>"Obamacare"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-&quot;Obamacare&quot;-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Common_misconceptions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Common_misconceptions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Common misconceptions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Common_misconceptions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-&quot;Death_panels&quot;" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#&quot;Death_panels&quot;"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>"Death panels"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-&quot;Death_panels&quot;-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Members_of_Congress" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Members_of_Congress"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.2</span> <span>Members of Congress</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Members_of_Congress-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Illegal_immigrants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Illegal_immigrants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.3</span> <span>Illegal immigrants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Illegal_immigrants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Exchange_&quot;death_spiral&quot;" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Exchange_&quot;death_spiral&quot;"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.4</span> <span>Exchange "death spiral"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Exchange_&quot;death_spiral&quot;-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-&quot;If_you_like_your_plan&quot;" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#&quot;If_you_like_your_plan&quot;"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.5</span> <span>"If you like your plan"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-&quot;If_you_like_your_plan&quot;-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Criticism_and_opposition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Criticism_and_opposition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Criticism and opposition</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Criticism_and_opposition-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Criticism and opposition subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Criticism_and_opposition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Legal_challenges" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legal_challenges"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Legal challenges</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legal_challenges-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1</span> <span><i>National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Contraception_mandate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Contraception_mandate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2</span> <span>Contraception mandate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Contraception_mandate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-King_v_Burwell" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#King_v_Burwell"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.3</span> <span><i>King v Burwell</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-King_v_Burwell-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-House_v._Price" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#House_v._Price"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.4</span> <span><i>House v. Price</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-House_v._Price-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States_House_of_Representatives_v._Azar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_House_of_Representatives_v._Azar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.5</span> <span><i>United States House of Representatives v. Azar</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States_House_of_Representatives_v._Azar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-California_v._Texas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#California_v._Texas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.6</span> <span><i>California v. Texas</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-California_v._Texas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Risk_corridors_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Risk_corridors_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.7</span> <span>Risk corridors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Risk_corridors_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-cooperation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-cooperation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.8</span> <span>Non-cooperation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-cooperation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Repeal_and_modification_efforts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Repeal_and_modification_efforts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Repeal and modification efforts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Repeal_and_modification_efforts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2013_federal_government_shutdown" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2013_federal_government_shutdown"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1</span> <span>2013 federal government shutdown</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2013_federal_government_shutdown-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2017_repeal_effort" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2017_repeal_effort"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.2</span> <span>2017 repeal effort</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2017_repeal_effort-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Proposed_changes_in_2024" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Proposed_changes_in_2024"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.3</span> <span>Proposed changes in 2024</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Proposed_changes_in_2024-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Actions_to_hinder_implementation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Actions_to_hinder_implementation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Actions to hinder implementation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Actions_to_hinder_implementation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Socialism_debate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Socialism_debate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Socialism debate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Socialism_debate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Implementation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Implementation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Implementation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Implementation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>In popular culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Further reading subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Preliminary_CBO_documents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Preliminary_CBO_documents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Preliminary CBO documents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Preliminary_CBO_documents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-CMS_Estimates_of_the_impact_of_P.L._111-148" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#CMS_Estimates_of_the_impact_of_P.L._111-148"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>CMS Estimates of the impact of P.L. 111-148</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-CMS_Estimates_of_the_impact_of_P.L._111-148-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-CMS_Estimates_of_the_impact_of_H.R._3590" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#CMS_Estimates_of_the_impact_of_H.R._3590"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>CMS Estimates of the impact of H.R. 3590</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-CMS_Estimates_of_the_impact_of_H.R._3590-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Senate_Finance_Committee_meetings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Senate_Finance_Committee_meetings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4</span> <span>Senate Finance Committee meetings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Senate_Finance_Committee_meetings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-External_links-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle External links subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-ACA_text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obamacare" title="Obamacare – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Obamacare" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Affordable Care Act" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obamacare" title="Obamacare – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Obamacare" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ley_del_Cuidado_de_Salud_a_Bajo_Precio" title="Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AD%D9%87_%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%87" title="لایحه حفاظت از بیمار و مراقبت مقرون‌به‌صرفه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لایحه حفاظت از بیمار و مراقبت مقرون‌به‌صرفه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obamacare" title="Obamacare – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Obamacare" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%99%98%EC%9E%90%EB%B3%B4%ED%98%B8_%EB%B0%8F_%EB%B6%80%EB%8B%B4%EC%A0%81%EC%A0%95%EB%B3%B4%ED%97%98%EB%B2%95" title="환자보호 및 부담적정보험법 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="환자보호 및 부담적정보험법" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7_%D7%94%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%92%D7%94" title="חוק הגנת החולה וטיפול בר השגה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="חוק הגנת החולה וטיפול בר השגה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87" title="قانون الرعايه بأسعار معقوله – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="قانون الرعايه بأسعار معقوله" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%BB%E7%99%82%E4%BF%9D%E9%99%BA%E5%88%B6%E5%BA%A6%E6%94%B9%E9%9D%A9_(%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB)" title="医療保険制度改革 (アメリカ) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="医療保険制度改革 (アメリカ)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B8_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D0%A8%D0%90" title="Реформа здравоохранения и защиты пациентов в США – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Реформа здравоохранения и защиты пациентов в США" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act – 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class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">U.S. federal statute also known as Obamacare</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Obamacare" redirects here. For the song, see <a href="/wiki/Obamacare_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Obamacare (song)">Obamacare (song)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="padding-bottom:0.25em">Affordable Care Act</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_(obverse).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Great Seal of the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg/140px-Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg/210px-Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg/280px-Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_%28obverse%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.245em;line-height:1.15em;padding-right:0.65em">Long title</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em">An Act Entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.245em;line-height:1.15em;padding-right:0.65em"><a href="/wiki/Acronym" title="Acronym">Acronyms</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(colloquial)</span></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em">ACA, PPACA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.245em;line-height:1.15em;padding-right:0.65em">Nicknames</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em">Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Reform, Healthcare Reform</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.245em;line-height:1.15em;padding-right:0.65em">Enacted&#160;by</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em">the <a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th United States Congress</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.245em;line-height:1.15em;padding-right:0.65em">Effective</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em">March&#160;23, 2010<span class="noprint">&#59;&#32;14 years ago</span><span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2010-03-23</span>)</span><br />Most major provisions phased in by January 2014; remaining provisions phased in by 2020; penalty enforcing individual mandate set at $0 starting 2019</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#bbddff">Citations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.245em;line-height:1.15em;padding-right:0.65em">Public law</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/111/public/148?link-type=details">111–148</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.245em;line-height:1.15em;padding-right:0.65em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large"><span class="wrap">Statutes at Large</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em">124&#160;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-124-119">119</a> <i>through</i> 124&#160;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-124-1025">1025</a> (906 pages)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#bbddff">Codification</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.245em;line-height:1.15em;padding-right:0.65em">Acts amended</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Public_Health_Service_Act" title="Public Health Service Act">Public Health Service Act</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#bbddff"><span class="nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3590/all-actions">Legislative history</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em"><div><ul style="line-height:1.3em;text-align:left"><li><b>Introduced</b> in the House as <b>the</b> "Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009" (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3590">H.R.&#160;3590</a>) by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Rangel" title="Charles Rangel">Charles Rangel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>–<a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a>) on September 17, 2009</li><li><b>Committee consideration</b> by <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" title="United States House Committee on Ways and Means">Ways and Means</a></li><li><b>Passed the House</b> on November 7, 2009&#160;(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll887.xml">220–215</a>)</li><li><b>Passed the Senate</b> as the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" on December 24, 2009&#160;(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00396">60–39</a>) with amendment</li><li><b>House agreed to Senate amendment</b> on March 21, 2010&#160;(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll165.xml">219–212</a>)</li><li><b>Signed into law</b> by President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> on March 23, 2010</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#bbddff">Major amendments</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act_of_2010" title="Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010">Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010</a><br />Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011<br /><a href="/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017">Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#bbddff"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">United States Supreme Court</a> cases</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius" title="National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius">National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_567" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 567">567</a>&#32;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/567/519/">519</a>&#32;(2012)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Burwell_v._Hobby_Lobby_Stores,_Inc." title="Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.">Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_573" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 573">573</a>&#32;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/573/682/">682</a>&#32;(2014)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/King_v._Burwell" title="King v. Burwell">King v. Burwell</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_576" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 576">576</a>&#32;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/576/473/">473</a>&#32;(2015)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Zubik_v._Burwell" title="Zubik v. Burwell">Zubik v. Burwell</a></i>, No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/578/14-1418/">14-1418</a>,&#32;<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_578" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 578">578</a>&#32;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> ___&#32;(2016)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Maine_Community_Health_Options_v._United_States" title="Maine Community Health Options v. United States">Maine Community Health Options v. United States</a></i>, No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/590/18-1023/">18-1023</a>,&#32;<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_590" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 590">590</a>&#32;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> ___&#32;(2020)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Sisters_of_the_Poor_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Home_v._Pennsylvania" title="Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania">Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania</a></i>, No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/591/19-431/">19-431</a>,&#32;<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_591" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 591">591</a>&#32;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> ___&#32;(2020)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/California_v._Texas" title="California v. Texas">California v. Texas</a></i>, No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/593/19-840/">19-840</a>,&#32;<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_593" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 593">593</a>&#32;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> ___&#32;(2021)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cummings_v._Premier_Rehab_Keller,_P.L.L.C." title="Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.">Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.</a></i>, No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/596/20-219/">20-219</a>,&#32;<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_596" title="List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 596">596</a>&#32;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">U.S.</a> ___&#32;(2022)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Affordable Care Act</b> (<b>ACA</b>), formally known as the <b>Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</b> (<b>PPACA</b>) and colloquially as <b>Obamacare</b>, is a landmark <a href="/wiki/U.S._federal_statute" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. federal statute">U.S. federal statute</a> enacted by the <a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th United States Congress</a> and signed into law by President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> on March 23, 2010. Together with the <a href="/wiki/Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act_of_2010" title="Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010">Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010</a> amendment, it represents the <a href="/wiki/U.S._healthcare_system" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. healthcare system">U.S. healthcare system</a>'s most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the enactment of <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)" title="Medicare (United States)">Medicare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-Oberlander2010_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oberlander2010-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Blumenthal2015_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blumenthal2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CohenEtAl_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CohenEtAl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReutersSCOTUS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReutersSCOTUS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Most of the act's provisions are still in effect. </p><p>The ACA's major provisions came into force in 2014. By 2016, the uninsured share of the population had roughly halved, with estimates ranging from 20 to 24 million additional people covered.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO_Subsidy2016_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO_Subsidy2016-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HHS_ASPE16_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HHS_ASPE16-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The law also enacted a host of <a href="/wiki/Healthcare_industry#Delivery_of_services" title="Healthcare industry">delivery system</a> reforms intended to constrain healthcare costs and improve quality. After it went into effect, increases in overall healthcare spending slowed, including premiums for employer-based insurance plans.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaiser15_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaiser15-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The increased coverage was due, roughly equally, to an <a href="#Medicaid_expansion">expansion of Medicaid eligibility</a> and to changes to <a href="/wiki/Individually_purchased_health_insurance" title="Individually purchased health insurance">individual insurance</a> markets. Both received new spending, funded through a combination of new taxes and cuts to Medicare provider rates and <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Advantage" title="Medicare Advantage">Medicare Advantage</a>. Several <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">Congressional Budget Office</a> (CBO) reports said that overall these provisions reduced the <a href="/wiki/Government_budget_balance" title="Government budget balance">budget deficit</a>, that repealing ACA would increase the deficit,<sup id="cite_ref-CBO50252_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO50252-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBO22077_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO22077-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and that the law reduced income inequality by taxing primarily the top 1% to fund roughly $600 in benefits on average to families in the bottom 40% of the income distribution.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO_Dist14_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO_Dist14-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The act largely retained the existing structure of Medicare, Medicaid, and the <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_in_the_United_States#Employer_sponsored" title="Health insurance in the United States">employer market</a>, but individual markets were radically overhauled.<sup id="cite_ref-Oberlander2010_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oberlander2010-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Insurers were made to <a href="/wiki/Guaranteed_issue" title="Guaranteed issue">accept all applicants</a> without charging based on <a href="/wiki/Preexisting_condition" class="mw-redirect" title="Preexisting condition">preexisting conditions</a> or demographic status (except age). To combat the resultant <a href="/wiki/Adverse_selection" title="Adverse selection">adverse selection</a>, the act <a href="/wiki/Individual_shared_responsibility_provision" title="Individual shared responsibility provision">mandated</a> that individuals buy insurance (or pay a monetary penalty) and that insurers cover a list of "<a href="/wiki/Essential_health_benefits" title="Essential health benefits">essential health benefits</a>". </p><p>Before and after enactment the ACA faced strong political opposition, calls for repeal and <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_challenges_to_the_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">legal challenges</a>. In <i><a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius" title="National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius">National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> ruled that states could choose not to participate in the law's Medicaid expansion, but upheld the law as a whole.<sup id="cite_ref-NatLawReview2012_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NatLawReview2012-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The federal health insurance exchange, <a href="/wiki/HealthCare.gov" title="HealthCare.gov">HealthCare.gov</a>, faced major technical problems at the beginning of its rollout in 2013. Polls initially found that a <a href="/wiki/Plurality_(voting)" title="Plurality (voting)">plurality</a> of Americans opposed the act, although its individual provisions were generally more popular.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 2017, the law had majority support.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act">Tax Cuts and Jobs Act</a> of 2017 set the <a href="/wiki/Individual_mandate" title="Individual mandate">individual mandate</a> penalty at $0 starting in 2019 due to its overall unpopularity and to reduce the federal budget deficit.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provisions">Provisions</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Provisions_of_the_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barack_Obama_reacts_to_the_passing_of_Healthcare_bill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Barack_Obama_reacts_to_the_passing_of_Healthcare_bill.jpg/220px-Barack_Obama_reacts_to_the_passing_of_Healthcare_bill.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Barack_Obama_reacts_to_the_passing_of_Healthcare_bill.jpg/330px-Barack_Obama_reacts_to_the_passing_of_Healthcare_bill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Barack_Obama_reacts_to_the_passing_of_Healthcare_bill.jpg/440px-Barack_Obama_reacts_to_the_passing_of_Healthcare_bill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2731" /></a><figcaption>The President and White House staff react to the House of Representatives passing the bill on March 21, 2010.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_From_the_Speaker%27s_Office_Tonight_(4452690853).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/View_From_the_Speaker%27s_Office_Tonight_%284452690853%29.jpg/220px-View_From_the_Speaker%27s_Office_Tonight_%284452690853%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/View_From_the_Speaker%27s_Office_Tonight_%284452690853%29.jpg/330px-View_From_the_Speaker%27s_Office_Tonight_%284452690853%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/View_From_the_Speaker%27s_Office_Tonight_%284452690853%29.jpg/440px-View_From_the_Speaker%27s_Office_Tonight_%284452690853%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">Jim Clyburn</a> and Nancy Pelosi celebrate after the House passes the amended bill on March 21.</figcaption></figure> <p>ACA amended the <a href="/wiki/Public_Health_Service_Act_of_1944" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Health Service Act of 1944">Public Health Service Act of 1944</a> and inserted new provisions on affordable care into <a href="/wiki/Title_42_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 42 of the United States Code">Title 42 of the United States Code</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Oberlander2010_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oberlander2010-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Blumenthal2015_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blumenthal2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CohenEtAl_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CohenEtAl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24health_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24health-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReutersSCOTUS_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReutersSCOTUS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The individual insurance market was radically overhauled, and many of the law's regulations applied specifically to this market,<sup id="cite_ref-Oberlander2010_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oberlander2010-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> while the structure of Medicare, Medicaid, and the <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_in_the_United_States#Employer_sponsored" title="Health insurance in the United States">employer market</a> were largely retained.<sup id="cite_ref-Blumenthal2015_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blumenthal2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some regulations applied to the employer market, and the law also made delivery system changes that affected most of the health care system.<sup id="cite_ref-Blumenthal2015_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blumenthal2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Key_National_Indicators" title="Commission on Key National Indicators">Commission on Key National Indicators</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Insurance_regulations:_individual_policies">Insurance regulations: individual policies</h3></div> <p>All new individual major medical health insurance policies sold to individuals and families faced new requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The requirements took effect on January 1, 2014. They include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guaranteed_issue" title="Guaranteed issue">Guaranteed issue</a> prohibits insurers from denying coverage to individuals because of <a href="/wiki/Preexisting_condition" class="mw-redirect" title="Preexisting condition">preexisting conditions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>States were required to ensure the availability of insurance for individual children who did not have coverage via their families.</li> <li>A partial <a href="/wiki/Community_rating" title="Community rating">community rating</a> allows premiums to vary only by age and location, regardless of preexisting conditions. Premiums for older applicants can be no more than three times those for the youngest.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essential_health_benefits" title="Essential health benefits">Essential health benefits</a> must be provided. The <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Medicine" title="National Academy of Medicine">National Academy of Medicine</a> defines the law's "essential health benefits" as "ambulatory patient services; emergency services; hospitalization; maternity and newborn care; mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment; prescription drugs; rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices; laboratory services; preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management; and pediatric services, including oral and vision care"<sup id="cite_ref-Hhs.gov_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hhs.gov-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-essential_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-essential-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and others<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> rated Level A or B<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Preventive_Services_Task_Force" title="United States Preventive Services Task Force">U.S. Preventive Services Task Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In determining essential benefits, the law required that standard benefits should offer at least that of a "typical employer plan".<sup id="cite_ref-KaiserEHB_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KaiserEHB-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> States may require additional services.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Preventive care and screenings for women.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "[A]ll Food and Drug Administration approved <a href="/wiki/Contraception" class="mw-redirect" title="Contraception">contraceptive</a> methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This mandate applies to all employers and educational institutions except for religious organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-faqs_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faqs-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kliff_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kliff-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These regulations were included on the recommendations of the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute of Medicine">Institute of Medicine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FinalRule_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FinalRule-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cnncontra_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnncontra-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Health_Care_Delivery_System_Reform_and_The_Patient_Protection_%26_Affordable_Care_Act.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Health_Care_Delivery_System_Reform_and_The_Patient_Protection_%26_Affordable_Care_Act.pdf/page1-220px-Health_Care_Delivery_System_Reform_and_The_Patient_Protection_%26_Affordable_Care_Act.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Health_Care_Delivery_System_Reform_and_The_Patient_Protection_%26_Affordable_Care_Act.pdf/page1-330px-Health_Care_Delivery_System_Reform_and_The_Patient_Protection_%26_Affordable_Care_Act.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Health_Care_Delivery_System_Reform_and_The_Patient_Protection_%26_Affordable_Care_Act.pdf/page1-440px-Health_Care_Delivery_System_Reform_and_The_Patient_Protection_%26_Affordable_Care_Act.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="1650" /></a><figcaption>In 2012 Senator <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Whitehouse" title="Sheldon Whitehouse">Sheldon Whitehouse</a> created this summary to explain his view on the act.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Annual and lifetime coverage caps on essential benefits were banned.<sup id="cite_ref-healthcare_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-healthcare-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hhs_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hhs-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Insurers are forbidden from dropping <a href="/wiki/Policyholder" class="mw-redirect" title="Policyholder">policyholders</a> when they become ill.<sup id="cite_ref-Top_18_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Top_18-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>All policies must provide an annual maximum out-of-pocket (MOOP) payment cap for an individual's or family's medical expenses (excluding premiums). After the MOOP payment is reached, all remaining costs must be paid by the insurer.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Preventive care, vaccinations and medical screenings cannot be subject to <a href="/wiki/Copayment" title="Copayment">co-payments</a>, <a href="/wiki/Co-insurance#In_health_insurance" title="Co-insurance">co-insurance</a> or <a href="/wiki/Deductible#Health_and_travel_insurance" title="Deductible">deductibles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SHNS_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHNS-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KaiserSummary_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KaiserSummary-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cmsprev_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cmsprev-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Specific examples of covered services include: <a href="/wiki/Mammograms" class="mw-redirect" title="Mammograms">mammograms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colonoscopy" title="Colonoscopy">colonoscopies</a>, wellness visits, <a href="/wiki/Gestational_diabetes" title="Gestational diabetes">gestational diabetes</a> screening, <a href="/wiki/Human_papillomavirus" class="mw-redirect" title="Human papillomavirus">HPV</a> testing, <a href="/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_infection" title="Sexually transmitted infection">STI</a> counseling, <a href="/wiki/Human_immunodeficiency_virus" class="mw-redirect" title="Human immunodeficiency virus">HIV</a> screening and counseling, contraceptive methods, breastfeeding support/supplies and <a href="/wiki/Domestic_violence" title="Domestic violence">domestic violence</a> screening and counseling.<sup id="cite_ref-SchiffHardinLLP_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SchiffHardinLLP-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><span class="anchor" id="Platinum_plan"></span></li> <li>The law established four tiers of coverage: bronze, silver, gold and platinum. All categories offer essential health benefits. The categories vary in their division of premiums and out-of-pocket costs: bronze plans have the lowest monthly premiums and highest out-of-pocket costs, while platinum plans are the reverse.<sup id="cite_ref-KaiserEHB_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KaiserEHB-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-choose_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-choose-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The percentages of <a href="/wiki/Health_care_prices_in_the_United_States" title="Health care prices in the United States">health care costs</a> that plans are expected to cover through premiums (as opposed to out-of-pocket costs) are, on average: 60% (bronze), 70% (silver), 80% (gold), and 90% (platinum).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Insurers are required to implement an <a href="/wiki/Appeal" title="Appeal">appeals</a> process for coverage determination and claims on all new plans.<sup id="cite_ref-Top_18_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Top_18-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Insurers must <a href="/wiki/Loss_ratio#Medical_loss_ratio" title="Loss ratio">spend at least 80–85% of premium dollars</a> on health costs; rebates must be issued if this is violated.<sup id="cite_ref-cmsprog_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cmsprog-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FederalRegister_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FederalRegister-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_mandate">Individual mandate</h3></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_mandate#Affordable_Care_Act" title="Health insurance mandate">individual mandate</a><sup id="cite_ref-AHPAMandate_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHPAMandate-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> required everyone to have insurance or <a href="/wiki/Provisions_of_the_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act#Effective_January_1,_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">pay a penalty</a>. The mandate and limits on open enrollment<sup id="cite_ref-CohnOE_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CohnOE-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LimitedOEForbes_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LimitedOEForbes-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> were designed to avoid the <a href="/wiki/Death_spiral_(insurance)" title="Death spiral (insurance)">insurance death spiral</a>, minimize the <a href="/wiki/Free_rider_problem" class="mw-redirect" title="Free rider problem">free rider problem</a> and prevent the healthcare system from succumbing to <a href="/wiki/Adverse_selection" title="Adverse selection">adverse selection</a>. </p><p>The mandate was intended to increase the size and diversity of the insured population, including more young and healthy participants to broaden the <a href="/wiki/Risk_pool" title="Risk pool">risk pool</a>, spreading costs.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the groups who were not subject to the individual mandate are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigrant_population_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Illegal immigrant population of the United States">Illegal immigrants</a>. Estimated at 8<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million, roughly a third of the 23 million projection, they are ineligible for insurance <a href="/wiki/Subsidies" class="mw-redirect" title="Subsidies">subsidies</a> and Medicaid.<sup id="cite_ref-cbouninsured_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbouninsured-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chaikind2011_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaikind2011-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They remain eligible for emergency services.</li> <li>Medicaid-eligible citizens not enrolled in Medicaid.<sup id="cite_ref-notcovered_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notcovered-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Citizens whose insurance coverage would cost more than 8% of household income.<sup id="cite_ref-notcovered_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notcovered-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Citizens who live in <a href="/wiki/Medicaid_coverage_gap" title="Medicaid coverage gap">states that opt-out of Medicaid expansion</a> and who qualify for neither existing Medicaid coverage nor subsidized coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-optout_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-optout-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017">Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-hatchsays_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hatchsays-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> set to $0 the penalty for not complying with the individual mandate, starting in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exchanges">Exchanges</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_marketplace" title="Health insurance marketplace">Health insurance marketplace</a></div> <p>ACA mandated that health insurance exchanges be provided for each state. The exchanges are regulated, largely online marketplaces, administered by either federal or state governments, where individuals, families and small businesses can purchase private insurance plans.<sup id="cite_ref-HealthCareGov_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HealthCareGov-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aphabasics_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aphabasics-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CohnExchanges_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CohnExchanges-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Exchanges first offered insurance for 2014. Some exchanges also provide access to Medicaid.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>States that set up their own exchanges have some discretion on standards and prices.<sup id="cite_ref-KaiserExchangesNotes_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KaiserExchangesNotes-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cwfstate_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cwfstate-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For example, states approve plans for sale, and thereby influence (through negotiations) prices. They can impose additional coverage requirements—such as abortion.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Alternatively, states can make the federal government responsible for operating their exchanges.<sup id="cite_ref-KaiserExchangesNotes_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KaiserExchangesNotes-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premium_subsidies">Premium subsidies</h3></div> <p>Individuals whose household incomes are between 100% and 400% of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_poverty_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal poverty level">federal poverty level</a> (FPL) are eligible to receive <a href="/wiki/Subsidy" title="Subsidy">federal subsidies</a> for premiums for policies purchased on an ACA exchange, provided they are not eligible for <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)" title="Medicare (United States)">Medicare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Health_Insurance_Program" title="Children&#39;s Health Insurance Program">Children's Health Insurance Program</a>, or other forms of public assistance health coverage, and do not have access to affordable coverage (no more than 9.86% of income for the employee's coverage) through their own or a family member's employer.<sup id="cite_ref-KaiserFamily_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KaiserFamily-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TamiLuhby_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TamiLuhby-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hip-dhhs_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hip-dhhs-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Households below the federal poverty level are not eligible to receive these subsidies. Lawful Residents and some other legally present immigrants whose household income is below 100% FPL and are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid are eligible for subsidies if they meet all other eligibility requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KaiserFamily_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KaiserFamily-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Married people must file taxes jointly to receive subsidies. Enrollees must have U.S. citizenship or proof of legal residency to obtain a subsidy. </p><p>The subsidies for an ACA plan purchased on an exchange stop at 400% of the federal poverty level (FPL). According to the Kaiser Foundation, this results in a sharp "discontinuity of treatment" at 400% FPL, which is sometimes called the "subsidy cliff".<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After-subsidy premiums for the second lowest cost silver plan (SCLSP) just below the cliff are 9.86% of income in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-:82_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:82-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Subsidies are provided as an advanceable, <a href="/wiki/Tax_credit#State_tax_credits" title="Tax credit">refundable tax credit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sec1401_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec1401-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sec1401_p_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec1401_p-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The amount of subsidy is sufficient to reduce the premium for the second-lowest-cost silver plan (SCLSP) on an exchange to a sliding-scale percentage of income. The percentage is based on the percent of federal poverty level (FPL) for the household, and varies slightly from year to year. In 2019, it ranged from 2.08% of income (100%-133% FPL) to 9.86% of income (300%-400% FPL).<sup id="cite_ref-hip-dhhs_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hip-dhhs-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The subsidy can be used for any plan available on the exchange, but not catastrophic plans. The subsidy may not exceed the premium for the purchased plan. </p><p>(In this section, the term "income" refers to modified <a href="/wiki/Adjusted_gross_income" title="Adjusted gross income">adjusted gross income</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KaiserFamily_66-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KaiserFamily-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) </p><p>Small businesses are eligible for a tax credit provided they enroll in the <a href="/wiki/Small_Business_Health_Options_Program" title="Small Business Health Options Program">SHOP</a> Marketplace.<sup id="cite_ref-IRSBusinessSubsidy_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRSBusinessSubsidy-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"> <caption>Maximum net premium after subsidies (2019) for family of four<sup id="cite_ref-:82_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:82-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Income&#160;% of <a href="/wiki/Federal_poverty_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal poverty level">federal poverty level</a> </th> <th>Premium cap as a share of income </th> <th>Income<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_fedpovlevel"><a href="#endnote_fedpovlevel">a</a></sup> </th> <th>Maximum<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_max"><a href="#endnote_max">b</a></sup> annual net premium after subsidy<br />(second-lowest-cost silver plan) </th> <th>Maximum out-of-pocket </th></tr> <tr> <td>133% </td> <td>3.11% of income </td> <td>$33,383 </td> <td>$1,038 </td> <td>$5,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>150% </td> <td>4.15% of income </td> <td>$37,650 </td> <td>$1,562 </td> <td>$5,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>200% </td> <td>6.54% of income </td> <td>$50,200 </td> <td>$3,283 </td> <td>$5,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>250% </td> <td>8.36% of income </td> <td>$62,750 </td> <td>$5,246 </td> <td>$12,600 </td></tr> <tr> <td>300% </td> <td>9.86% of income </td> <td>$75,300 </td> <td>$7,425 </td> <td>$15,800 </td></tr> <tr> <td>400% </td> <td>9.86% of income </td> <td>$100,400 </td> <td>$9,899 </td> <td>$15,800 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" style="text-align:left; background:white; border-top:1px solid black; padding:0 1em;"> <p><small>a.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_fedpovlevel"><b><a href="#ref_fedpovlevel">^</a></b></span> In 2019, the federal poverty level was $25,100 for family of four (outside of Alaska and Hawaii).</small> </p><p><small>b.<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_max"><b><a href="#ref_max">^</a></b></span> If the premium for the second lowest cost silver plan (SLCSP) is greater than the amount in this column, the amount of the premium subsidy will be such that it brings the net cost of the SCLSP down to the amount in this column. Otherwise, there will be no subsidy, and the SLCSP premium will (of course) be no more than (usually less than) the amount in this column.</small> </p><p><small>Note: The numbers in the table do not apply for Alaska and Hawaii.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cost-sharing_reduction_subsidies">Cost-sharing reduction subsidies</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cost_sharing_reductions_subsidy" title="Cost sharing reductions subsidy">Cost sharing reductions subsidy</a></div> <p>As written, ACA mandated that insurers reduce copayments and deductibles for ACA exchange enrollees earning less than 250% of the FPL. Medicaid recipients were not eligible for the reductions. </p><p>So-called cost-sharing reduction (CSR) subsidies were to be paid to insurance companies to fund the reductions. During 2017, approximately $7 billion in CSR subsidies were to be paid, versus $34 billion for premium tax credits.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The latter was defined as <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_spending" title="Mandatory spending">mandatory spending</a> that does not require an annual Congressional appropriation. CSR payments were not explicitly defined as mandatory. This led to litigation and disruption later.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag needs further explanation. (July 2022)">further explanation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Risk_management">Risk management</h3></div> <p>ACA implemented multiple approaches to helping mitigate the disruptions to insurers that came with its many changes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Risk_corridors">Risk corridors</h4></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Risk_corridor" title="Risk corridor">risk-corridor</a> program was a temporary risk management device.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 1">&#58;&#8202;1&#8202;</span></sup> It was intended to encourage reluctant insurers into ACA insurance market from 2014 to 2016. For those years the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Health and Human Services">Department of Health and Human Services</a> (DHHS) would cover some of the losses for insurers whose plans performed worse than they expected. Loss-making insurers would receive payments paid for in part by profit-making insurers.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attribution_needed" title="Wikipedia:Attribution needed"><span title="This sentence may contain perspectives and opinions without stating whose they are. (July 2017)">attribution needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> Similar risk corridors had been established for the <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Part_D" title="Medicare Part D">Medicare prescription drug benefit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>While many insurers initially offered exchange plans, the program did not pay for itself as planned, losing up to $8.3 billion for 2014 and 2015. Authorization had to be given so DHHS could pay insurers from "general government revenues".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attribution_needed" title="Wikipedia:Attribution needed"><span title="This sentence may contain perspectives and opinions without stating whose they are. (July 2017)">attribution needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> However, the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Appropriations_Act,_2014" title="Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014">Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014</a> (H.R. 3547) stated that no funds "could be used for risk-corridor payments".<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attribution_needed" title="Wikipedia:Attribution needed"><span title="This sentence may contain perspectives and opinions without stating whose they are. (July 2017)">attribution needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> leaving the government in a potential breach of contract with insurers who offered qualified health plans.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes_GOP_ACA_corridor_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes_GOP_ACA_corridor-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several insurers sued the government at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Federal_Claims" title="United States Court of Federal Claims">United States Court of Federal Claims</a> to recover the funds believed owed to them under the Risk Corridors program. While several were summarily closed, in the case of <i><a href="/wiki/Moda_Health" title="Moda Health">Moda Health</a> v the United States</i>, Moda Health won a $214-million judgment in February 2017. Federal Claims judge <a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Wheeler" title="Thomas C. Wheeler">Thomas C. Wheeler</a> stated, "the Government made a promise in the risk corridors program that it has yet to fulfill. Today, the court directs the Government to fulfill that promise. After all, to say to [Moda], 'The joke is on you. You shouldn't have trusted us,' is hardly worthy of our great government."<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Moda Health's case was appealed by the government to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Federal_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit</a> along with the appeals of the other insurers; here, the Federal Circuit reversed the Moda Health ruling and ruled across all the cases in favor of the government, that the appropriations riders ceded the government from paying out remain money due to the insurers. The Supreme Court reversed this ruling in the consolidated case, <i><a href="/wiki/Maine_Community_Health_Options_v._United_States" title="Maine Community Health Options v. United States">Maine Community Health Options v. United States</a></i>, reaffirming as with Judge Wheeler that the government had a responsibility to pay those funds under the ACA and the use of riders to de-obligate its from those payments was illegal.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Reinsurance">Reinsurance</h4></div> <p>The temporary reinsurance program is meant to stabilize premiums by reducing the incentive for insurers to raise premiums due to concerns about higher-risk enrollees. Reinsurance was based on retrospective costs rather than prospective risk evaluations. Reinsurance was available from 2014 through 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Risk_adjustment">Risk adjustment</h4></div> <p>Risk adjustment involves transferring funds from plans with lower-risk enrollees to plans with higher-risk enrollees. It was intended to encourage insurers to compete based on value and efficiency rather than by attracting healthier enrollees. Of the three risk management programs, only risk adjustment was permanent. Plans with low actuarial risk compensate plans with high actuarial risk.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medicaid_expansion">Medicaid expansion</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Medicaid_coverage_gap" title="Medicaid coverage gap">Medicaid coverage gap</a></div> <p>ACA revised and expanded <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> eligibility starting in 2014. All U.S. citizens and legal residents with income up to 133% of the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line_in_the_United_States#Measures_of_poverty" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line in the United States">poverty line</a> would qualify for coverage in any state that participated in the Medicaid program. Previously, states could set various lower thresholds for certain groups and were not required to cover adults without dependent children. The federal government was to pay 100% of the increased cost in 2014, 2015 and 2016; 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% in 2020 and all subsequent years.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 5% "income disregard" made the effective income eligibility limit for Medicaid 138% of the poverty level.<sup id="cite_ref-138fpl_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138fpl-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> ruled in <i><a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius" title="National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius">NFIB v. Sebelius</a></i> that this provision of ACA was coercive, and that states could choose to continue at pre-ACA eligibility levels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medicare_savings">Medicare savings</h3></div> <p>Medicare reimbursements were reduced to insurers and drug companies for private <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Advantage" title="Medicare Advantage">Medicare Advantage</a> policies that the <a href="/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office" title="Government Accountability Office">Government Accountability Office</a> and <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Payment_Advisory_Commission" title="Medicare Payment Advisory Commission">Medicare Payment Advisory Commission</a> found to be excessively costly relative to standard Medicare;<sup id="cite_ref-CMSMedicarePPACA_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMSMedicarePPACA-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and to hospitals that failed standards of efficiency and care.<sup id="cite_ref-CMSMedicarePPACA_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMSMedicarePPACA-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taxes">Taxes</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Medicare_taxes">Medicare taxes</h4></div> <p>Income from self-employment and wages of single individuals in excess of $200,000 annually are subjected to an additional tax of 0.9%. The threshold amount is $250,000 for a married couple filing jointly (threshold applies to their total compensation), or $125,000 for a married person filing separately.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In ACA's companion legislation, the <a href="/wiki/Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act_of_2010" title="Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010">Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010</a>, an additional tax of 3.8% was applied to unearned income, specifically the lesser of net investment income and the amount by which adjusted gross income exceeds the above income limits.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Excise_taxes">Excise taxes</h4></div> <p>ACA included an excise tax of 40% ("<a href="/wiki/Cadillac_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Cadillac tax">Cadillac tax</a>") on total employer premium spending in excess of specified dollar amounts (initially $10,200 for single coverage and $27,500 for family coverage<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) indexed to inflation. This tax was originally scheduled to take effect in 2018, but was delayed until 2020 by the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Appropriations_Act,_2016" title="Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016">Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016</a> and again to 2022. The excise tax on high-cost health plans was completely repealed as part of H.R.1865 - Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020. </p><p>Excise taxes totaling $3 billion were levied on importers and manufacturers of prescription drugs. An excise tax of 2.3% on medical devices and a 10% excise tax on indoor tanning services were applied as well.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The tax was repealed in late 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SCHIP">SCHIP</h3></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/State_Children%27s_Health_Insurance_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="State Children&#39;s Health Insurance Program">State Children's Health Insurance Program</a> (CHIP) enrollment process was simplified.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KFF1_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KFF1-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dependents">Dependents<span class="anchor" id="Dependent&#39;s_Health_Insurance"></span></h3></div> <p>Beginning September 23, 2010, dependents were permitted to remain on their parents' insurance plan until their 26th birthday, including dependents who no longer lived with their parents, are not a dependent on a parent's tax return, are no longer a student, or are married.<sup id="cite_ref-H.R.3590Enrolled_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-H.R.3590Enrolled-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Employer_mandate">Employer mandate</h3></div> <p>Businesses that employ fifty or more people but do not offer health insurance to their full-time employees are assessed additional tax if the government has subsidized a full-time employee's healthcare through tax deductions or other means. This is commonly known as the <a href="#Employer_mandate_and_part-time_working_hours">employer mandate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kffpay_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kffpay-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WSJ-mar25_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-mar25-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This provision was included to encourage employers to continue providing insurance once the exchanges began operating.<sup id="cite_ref-http_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-http-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Delivery_system_reforms">Delivery system reforms</h3></div> <p>The act includes <a href="/wiki/Healthcare_industry#Delivery_of_services" title="Healthcare industry">delivery system</a> reforms intended to constrain costs and improve quality. These include Medicare payment changes to discourage <a href="/wiki/Hospital-acquired_condition" class="mw-redirect" title="Hospital-acquired condition">hospital-acquired conditions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hospital_readmission" title="Hospital readmission">readmissions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bundled_payment" title="Bundled payment">bundled payment</a> initiatives, the <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Medicare_and_Medicaid_Innovation" title="Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation">Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Payment_Advisory_Board" title="Independent Payment Advisory Board">Independent Payment Advisory Board</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Accountable_care_organization" title="Accountable care organization">accountable care organizations</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hospital_quality">Hospital quality</h4></div> <p>Health care cost/quality initiatives included incentives to <a href="/wiki/Hospital-acquired_infection" title="Hospital-acquired infection">reduce hospital infections</a>, adopt <a href="/wiki/Electronic_medical_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic medical record">electronic medical records</a>, and to coordinate care and prioritize quality over quantity.<sup id="cite_ref-NYMagChait2_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYMagChait2-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bundled_payments">Bundled payments</h4></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)" title="Medicare (United States)">Medicare</a> switched from <a href="/wiki/Fee-for-service" title="Fee-for-service">fee-for-service</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bundled_payment" title="Bundled payment">bundled payments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A single payment was to be paid to a hospital and a physician group for a defined episode of care (such as a <a href="/wiki/Hip_replacement" title="Hip replacement">hip replacement</a>) rather than separate payments to individual service providers.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Accountable_care_organizations">Accountable care organizations</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Accountable_care_organization" title="Accountable care organization">Accountable care organization</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Shared_Savings_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Medicare Shared Savings Program">Medicare Shared Savings Program</a> (MSSP) was established by section 3022 of the Affordable Care Act. It is the program by which an <a href="/wiki/Accountable_care_organization" title="Accountable care organization">accountable care organization</a> interacts with the federal government, and by which accountable care organizations can be created.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is a <a href="/wiki/Fee-for-service" title="Fee-for-service">fee-for-service</a> model. </p><p>The Act allowed the creation of accountable care organizations (ACOs), which are groups of doctors, hospitals and other providers that commit to give coordinated care to Medicare patients. ACOs were allowed to continue using <a href="/wiki/Fee-for-service" title="Fee-for-service">fee-for-service</a> billing. They receive bonus payments from the government for minimizing costs while achieving quality benchmarks that emphasize prevention and mitigation of <a href="/wiki/Chronic_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronic disease">chronic disease</a>. Missing cost or quality benchmarks subjected them to penalties.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike <a href="/wiki/Health_maintenance_organization" title="Health maintenance organization">health maintenance organizations</a>, ACO patients are not required to obtain all care from the ACO. Also, unlike HMOs, ACOs must achieve quality-of-care goals.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medicare_drug_benefit_(Part_D)"><span id="Medicare_drug_benefit_.28Part_D.29"></span>Medicare drug benefit (Part D)</h3></div> <p>Medicare Part D participants received a 50% discount on brand name drugs purchased after exhausting their <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Part_D_coverage_gap" title="Medicare Part D coverage gap">initial coverage and before reaching the catastrophic-coverage threshold</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 2020, the "doughnut hole" would be completely filled.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_waivers">State waivers</h3></div> <p>From 2017 onwards, states can apply for a "waiver for state innovation" which allows them to conduct experiments that meet certain criteria.<sup id="cite_ref-GPOStateWaiver_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GPOStateWaiver-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> To obtain a waiver, a state must pass legislation setting up an alternative health system that provides insurance at least as comprehensive and as affordable as ACA, covers at least as many residents and does not increase the federal deficit.<sup id="cite_ref-StateWaiverConditions_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StateWaiverConditions-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These states can escape some of ACA's central requirements, including the individual and employer mandates and the provision of an insurance exchange.<sup id="cite_ref-WaPoWaiverFlexibility_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPoWaiverFlexibility-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state would receive compensation equal to the aggregate amount of any federal subsidies and tax credits for which its residents and employers would have been eligible under ACA, if they cannot be paid under the state plan.<sup id="cite_ref-GPOStateWaiver_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GPOStateWaiver-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_insurance_provisions">Other insurance provisions</h3></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Community_Living_Assistance_Services_and_Supports_Act" title="Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act">Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act</a> (or CLASS Act) established a voluntary and public <a href="/wiki/Long-term_care_insurance" title="Long-term care insurance">long-term care insurance</a> option for employees,<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-multiple2_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-multiple2-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The program was abolished as impractical without ever having taken effect.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OP), member-governed non-profit insurers, could start providing health care coverage, based on a 5-year federal loan.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2017, only four of the original 23 co-ops were still in operation.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nutrition_labeling_requirements">Nutrition labeling requirements</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Nutrition_labeling_requirements_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Nutrition labeling requirements of the Affordable Care Act">Nutrition labeling requirements</a> officially took effect in 2010, but implementation was delayed, and they actually took effect on May 7, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legislative_history">Legislative history</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Health_care_reform_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care reform in the United States">Health care reform in the United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Health_care_reform_debate_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care reform debate in the United States">Health care reform debate in the United States</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Obama_signs_health_care-20100323.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Obama_signs_health_care-20100323.jpg/300px-Obama_signs_health_care-20100323.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Obama_signs_health_care-20100323.jpg/450px-Obama_signs_health_care-20100323.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Obama_signs_health_care-20100323.jpg/600px-Obama_signs_health_care-20100323.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>President Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010.</figcaption></figure> <p>ACA followed a long series of unsuccessful attempts by one party or the other to pass major insurance reforms. Innovations were limited to <a href="/wiki/Health_savings_account" title="Health savings account">health savings accounts</a> (2003), <a href="/wiki/Medical_savings_account_(United_States)" title="Medical savings account (United States)">medical savings accounts</a> (1996) or <a href="/wiki/Flexible_spending_account" title="Flexible spending account">flexible spending accounts</a>, which increased insurance options, but did not materially expand coverage. Health care was a major factor in multiple elections, but until 2009, neither party had the votes to overcome the other's opposition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_mandate_2">Individual mandate</h3></div> <p>The concept of an individual mandate goes back to at least 1989, when <a href="/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation" title="The Heritage Foundation">The Heritage Foundation</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">conservative</a> think-tank, proposed an individual mandate as an alternative to <a href="/wiki/Single-payer_health_care" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-payer health care">single-payer health care</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes1_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes1-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was championed for a time by conservative economists and <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> senators as a market-based approach to healthcare reform on the basis of individual responsibility and avoidance of <a href="/wiki/Free_rider_problem" class="mw-redirect" title="Free rider problem">free rider problems</a>. Specifically, because the 1986 <a href="/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_and_Active_Labor_Act" title="Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act">Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act</a> (EMTALA) requires any hospital participating in Medicare (nearly all do) to provide emergency care to anyone who needs it, the government often indirectly bore the cost of those without the ability to pay.<sup id="cite_ref-CommonSense_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CommonSense-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt-mandate_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-mandate-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-new-yorker-klein_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new-yorker-klein-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> <a href="/wiki/Clinton_health_care_plan_of_1993" title="Clinton health care plan of 1993">proposed a major healthcare reform bill</a> in 1993<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-mandate_126-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-mandate-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> that ultimately failed.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Clinton negotiated a compromise with the <a href="/wiki/105th_United_States_Congress" title="105th United States Congress">105th Congress</a> to instead enact the <a href="/wiki/State_Children%27s_Health_Insurance_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="State Children&#39;s Health Insurance Program">State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)</a> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The failed Clinton plan included a mandate for employers to provide health insurance to all employees through a regulated marketplace of <a href="/wiki/Health_maintenance_organization" title="Health maintenance organization">health maintenance organizations</a>. Republican senators proposed an alternative that would have required individuals, but not employers, to buy insurance. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Senator_John_Chafee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/U.S._Senator_John_Chafee.jpg" decoding="async" width="104" height="157" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="104" data-file-height="157" /></a><figcaption>John Chafee</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1993 Republican <a href="/wiki/Health_Equity_and_Access_Reform_Today_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act">Health Equity and Access Reform Today (HEART) Act</a>, contained a "universal coverage" requirement with a penalty for noncompliance—an individual mandate—as well as subsidies to be used in state-based 'purchasing groups'.<sup id="cite_ref-kaiserhealthnews1993_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kaiserhealthnews1993-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Advocates included prominent Republican senators such as <a href="/wiki/John_Chafee" title="John Chafee">John Chafee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orrin_Hatch" title="Orrin Hatch">Orrin Hatch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Chuck Grassley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Bennett_(politician)" title="Bob Bennett (politician)">Bob Bennett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kit_Bond" title="Kit Bond">Kit Bond</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 1994 Republican Consumer Choice Health Security Act, initially contained an individual mandate with a penalty provision;<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> however, author <a href="/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles">Don Nickles</a> subsequently removed the mandate, stating, "government should not compel people to buy health insurance".<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the time of these proposals, Republicans did not raise constitutional issues; Mark Pauly, who helped develop a proposal that included an individual mandate for <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>, remarked, "I don't remember that being raised at all. The way it was viewed by the Congressional Budget Office in 1994 was, effectively, as a tax."<sup id="cite_ref-forbes1_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes1-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P112912PS-0444_-_President_Barack_Obama_and_Mitt_Romney_in_the_Oval_Office_-_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/P112912PS-0444_-_President_Barack_Obama_and_Mitt_Romney_in_the_Oval_Office_-_crop.jpg/220px-P112912PS-0444_-_President_Barack_Obama_and_Mitt_Romney_in_the_Oval_Office_-_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/P112912PS-0444_-_President_Barack_Obama_and_Mitt_Romney_in_the_Oval_Office_-_crop.jpg/330px-P112912PS-0444_-_President_Barack_Obama_and_Mitt_Romney_in_the_Oval_Office_-_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/P112912PS-0444_-_President_Barack_Obama_and_Mitt_Romney_in_the_Oval_Office_-_crop.jpg/440px-P112912PS-0444_-_President_Barack_Obama_and_Mitt_Romney_in_the_Oval_Office_-_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="831" data-file-height="660" /></a><figcaption>Mitt Romney's <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> went from 90% of its residents insured to 98%, the highest rate in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In 2006, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_health_care_reform" title="Massachusetts health care reform">an insurance expansion bill</a> was enacted at the state level in Massachusetts. The bill contained both an individual mandate and an <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_marketplace" title="Health insurance marketplace">insurance exchange</a>. Republican Governor <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> used a line-item veto on some provisions, and the Democratic legislature overrode some of his changes (including the mandate).<sup id="cite_ref-governorromney_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-governorromney-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Romney's implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_health_care_reform#Commonwealth_Health_Insurance_Connector_Authority" title="Massachusetts health care reform">'Health Connector' exchange</a> and individual mandate in Massachusetts was at first lauded by Republicans. During <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2008">Romney's 2008 presidential campaign</a>, Senator <a href="/wiki/Jim_DeMint" title="Jim DeMint">Jim DeMint</a> praised Romney's ability to "take some good conservative ideas, like private health insurance, and apply them to the need to have everyone insured". Romney said of the individual mandate: "I'm proud of what we've done. If Massachusetts succeeds in implementing it, then that will be the model for the nation."<sup id="cite_ref-new-yorker-lizza_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new-yorker-lizza-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007 Republican Senator <a href="/wiki/Bob_Bennett_(politician)" title="Bob Bennett (politician)">Bob Bennett</a> and Democratic Senator <a href="/wiki/Ron_Wyden" title="Ron Wyden">Ron Wyden</a> introduced the <a href="/wiki/Healthy_Americans_Act" title="Healthy Americans Act">Healthy Americans Act</a>, which featured an individual mandate and state-based, <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_marketplace" title="Health insurance marketplace">regulated insurance markets</a> called "State Health Help Agencies".<sup id="cite_ref-new-yorker-klein_127-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new-yorker-klein-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-new-yorker-lizza_137-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new-yorker-lizza-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The bill attracted bipartisan support, but died in committee. Many of its <a href="/wiki/Healthy_Americans_Act#Sponsors_and_co-sponsors" title="Healthy Americans Act">sponsors and co-sponsors</a> remained in Congress during the 2008 healthcare debate.<sup id="cite_ref-S.334summary_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-S.334summary-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2008 many Democrats were considering this approach as the basis for healthcare reform. Experts said the legislation that eventually emerged from Congress in 2009 and 2010 bore similarities to the 2007 bill<sup id="cite_ref-kaiserhealthnews1993_130-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kaiserhealthnews1993-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and that it took ideas from the Massachusetts reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Academic_foundation">Academic foundation</h3></div> <p>A driving force behind Obama's healthcare reform was <a href="/wiki/Peter_R._Orszag" title="Peter R. Orszag">Peter Orszag</a>, Director of the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget" title="Office of Management and Budget">Office of Management and Budget</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Obama called Orszag his "healthcare czar" because of his knowledge of healthcare reform.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Orszag had previously been director of the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">Congressional Budget Office</a>, and under his leadership the agency had focused on using cost analysis to create an affordable and effective approach to health care reform. Orszag claimed that healthcare reform became Obama's top agenda item because he wanted it to be his legacy.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to an article by Ryan Lizza in <i>The New Yorker</i>, the core of "the Obama budget is Orszag's belief [in]...a government empowered with research on the most effective medical treatments". Obama bet "his presidency on Orszag's thesis of comparative effectiveness."<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Orszag's policies were influenced by an article in <i>The Annals of Internal Medicine</i><sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> co-authored by Elliott S. Fisher, David Wennberg and others. The article presented strong evidence based on the co-authors' research that numerous procedures, therapies and tests were being delivered with scant evidence of their medical value. If those procedures and tests could be eliminated, this evidence suggested, medical costs might provide the savings to give healthcare to the uninsured population.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After reading a <i>New Yorker</i> article that used the "Dartmouth findings"<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to compare two counties in Texas with enormous variations in Medicare costs using hard data, Obama directed that his entire staff read it.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> More than anything else, the Dartmouth data intrigued Obama<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> since it gave him an academic rationale for reshaping medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The concept of comparing the effectiveness of healthcare options based on hard data ("comparative effectiveness" and "evidence-based medicine") was pioneered by John E. Wennberg, founder of <a href="/wiki/The_Dartmouth_Institute_for_Health_Policy_and_Clinical_Practice" title="The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice">The Dartmouth Institute</a>, co-founder of The Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making and senior advisor to Health Dialog Inc., a venture that he and his researchers created to help insurers implement the Dartmouth findings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Healthcare_debate,_2008–10"><span id="Healthcare_debate.2C_2008.E2.80.9310"></span>Healthcare debate, 2008–10</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Health_care_reforms_proposed_during_the_Obama_administration" title="Health care reforms proposed during the Obama administration">Health care reforms proposed during the Obama administration</a></div> <p>Healthcare reform was a major topic during the <a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_presidential_primaries" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Democratic presidential primaries">2008 Democratic presidential primaries</a>. As the race narrowed, attention focused on the plans presented by the two leading candidates, <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> and the eventual nominee, <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>. Each candidate proposed a plan to cover the approximately 45&#160;million Americans estimated to not have health insurance at some point each year. Clinton's proposal would have required all Americans to obtain coverage (in effect, an individual mandate), while Obama's proposal provided a <a href="/wiki/Subsidy" title="Subsidy">subsidy</a> without a mandate.<sup id="cite_ref-promise_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-promise-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">general election</a>, Obama said fixing healthcare would be one of his top four priorities as president.<sup id="cite_ref-Sep2008FirstPresidentialDebate_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sep2008FirstPresidentialDebate-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Obama and his opponent, Senator <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a>, both proposed health insurance reforms, though their plans differed. McCain proposed tax credits for health insurance purchased in the individual market, which was estimated to reduce the number of uninsured people by about 2<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million by 2018. Obama proposed private and public group insurance, income-based subsidies, consumer protections, and expansions of Medicaid and SCHIP, which was estimated at the time to reduce the number of uninsured people by 33.9 million by 2018 at a higher cost.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joint_blog_close_PS-0774.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Joint_blog_close_PS-0774.jpg/220px-Joint_blog_close_PS-0774.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Joint_blog_close_PS-0774.jpg/330px-Joint_blog_close_PS-0774.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Joint_blog_close_PS-0774.jpg/440px-Joint_blog_close_PS-0774.jpg 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="350" /></a><figcaption>President Obama <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_speech_to_joint_session_of_Congress,_September_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress, September 2009">addressing Congress regarding healthcare reform</a>, September 9, 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Obama announced to a joint session of Congress in February 2009 his intent to work with Congress to construct a plan for healthcare reform.<sup id="cite_ref-Feb2009JointSessionAddress_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feb2009JointSessionAddress-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-reuterstimeline_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuterstimeline-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By July, a series of bills were approved by committees within the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EdLaborJul2009_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EdLaborJul2009-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the Senate side, from June to September, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Finance Committee</a> held a series of 31 meetings to develop a proposal. This group—in particular, Democrats <a href="/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bingaman" title="Jeff Bingaman">Jeff Bingaman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kent_Conrad" title="Kent Conrad">Kent Conrad</a>, along with Republicans <a href="/wiki/Mike_Enzi" title="Mike Enzi">Mike Enzi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Chuck Grassley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olympia_Snowe" title="Olympia Snowe">Olympia Snowe</a>—met for more than 60 hours, and the principles they discussed, in conjunction with the other committees, became the foundation of a Senate bill.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Congressional Democrats and health policy experts, such as <a href="/wiki/MIT" class="mw-redirect" title="MIT">MIT</a> economics professor <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Gruber_(economist)" title="Jonathan Gruber (economist)">Jonathan Gruber</a><sup id="cite_ref-GruberBio2_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GruberBio2-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/David_Cutler" title="David Cutler">David Cutler</a>, argued that <a href="/wiki/Guaranteed_issue" title="Guaranteed issue">guaranteed issue</a> would require both <a href="/wiki/Community_rating" title="Community rating">community rating</a> and an individual mandate to ensure that <a href="/wiki/Adverse_selection" title="Adverse selection">adverse selection</a> or <a href="/wiki/Free_rider_problem" class="mw-redirect" title="Free rider problem">"free riding"</a> would not result in an <a href="/wiki/Death_spiral_(insurance)" title="Death spiral (insurance)">insurance "death spiral"</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HowTheyDidIt_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HowTheyDidIt-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They chose this approach after concluding that <a href="/wiki/Supermajority#United_States" title="Supermajority">filibuster-proof support</a> in the Senate was not present for more progressive plans such as <a href="/wiki/Single-payer_health_care" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-payer health care">single-payer</a>. By deliberately drawing on bipartisan ideas—the same basic outline was supported by former Senate Majority Leaders <a href="/wiki/Howard_Baker" title="Howard Baker">Howard Baker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">Tom Daschle</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_J._Mitchell" title="George J. Mitchell">George J. Mitchell</a>—the bill's drafters hoped to garner the necessary votes.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, following the incorporation of an individual mandate into the proposal, Republicans threatened to <a href="/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Filibuster in the United States Senate">filibuster</a> any bill that contained it.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes1_123-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes1-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate">Senate Minority Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a>, who led the Republican response, concluded Republicans should not support the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-ChaitLegislativeStrategy_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChaitLegislativeStrategy-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Republican senators, including those who had supported earlier proposals with a similar mandate, began to describe the mandate as "unconstitutional". Journalist <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Klein" title="Ezra Klein">Ezra Klein</a> wrote in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>, "a policy that once enjoyed broad support within the Republican Party suddenly faced unified opposition."<sup id="cite_ref-new-yorker-klein_127-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new-yorker-klein-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The reform attracted attention from <a href="/wiki/Lobbying" title="Lobbying">lobbyists</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> including deals between lobby groups and the advocates to win the support of groups who had opposed past proposals.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:9.12_tea_party_in_DC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/9.12_tea_party_in_DC.jpg/220px-9.12_tea_party_in_DC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/9.12_tea_party_in_DC.jpg/330px-9.12_tea_party_in_DC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/9.12_tea_party_in_DC.jpg/440px-9.12_tea_party_in_DC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="452" /></a><figcaption>Tea Party protesters at the <a href="/wiki/Taxpayer_March_on_Washington" title="Taxpayer March on Washington">Taxpayer March on Washington</a>, September 12, 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>During the August 2009 summer congressional recess, many members went back to their districts and held town hall meetings on the proposals. The nascent <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement">Tea Party movement</a> organized protests and many <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">conservative</a> groups and individuals attended the meetings to oppose the proposed reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-reuterstimeline_155-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuterstimeline-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Threats were made against members of Congress over the course of the debate.<sup id="cite_ref-WashPost-04092010_169-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WashPost-04092010-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2009 <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_speech_to_joint_session_of_Congress,_September_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress, September 2009">Obama delivered another speech to a joint session of Congress</a> supporting the negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-Sep2009JointAddress_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sep2009JointAddress-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On November 7, the House of Representatives passed the <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Health_Care_for_America_Act" title="Affordable Health Care for America Act">Affordable Health Care for America Act</a> on a 220–215 vote and forwarded it to the Senate for passage.<sup id="cite_ref-reuterstimeline_155-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuterstimeline-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Senate">Senate</h4></div> <p>The Senate began work on its own proposals while the House was still working. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a> requires all revenue-related bills to originate in the House.<sup id="cite_ref-Const-Revenue_171-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Const-Revenue-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> To formally comply with this requirement, the Senate repurposed H.R. 3590, a bill regarding housing tax changes for service members.<sup id="cite_ref-ServicemembersHomeOwnershipTaxAct_172-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ServicemembersHomeOwnershipTaxAct-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It had been passed by the House as a revenue-related modification to the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Code" title="Internal Revenue Code">Internal Revenue Code</a>. The bill became the Senate's vehicle for its healthcare reform proposal, discarding the bill's original content.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The bill ultimately incorporated elements of proposals that were reported favorably by the Senate <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Health,_Education,_Labor,_and_Pensions" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions">Health</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Finance</a> committees. With the Republican Senate minority vowing to <a href="/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Filibuster in the United States Senate">filibuster</a>, 60 votes would be necessary to pass the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the start of the <a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress#Party_summary" title="111th United States Congress">111th Congress</a>, Democrats had 58 votes. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008">Minnesota Senate election</a> was ultimately won by Democrat <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a>, making 59. <a href="/wiki/Arlen_Specter" title="Arlen Specter">Arlen Specter</a> switched to the Democratic party in April 2009, giving them 60 seats, enough to end a filibuster. </p><p>Negotiations were undertaken attempting to satisfy moderate Democrats and to bring Republican senators aboard; particular attention was given to Republicans Bennett, Enzi, Grassley and Snowe. </p><p>After the Finance Committee vote on October 15, negotiations turned to moderate Democrats. <a href="/wiki/Senate_Majority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Majority Leader">Senate Majority Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a> focused on satisfying centrists. The holdouts came down to <a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Joe Lieberman</a> of Connecticut, an independent who caucused with Democrats, and conservative Nebraska Democrat <a href="/wiki/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson">Ben Nelson</a>. Lieberman's demand that the bill not include a <a href="/wiki/Public_health_insurance_option" title="Public health insurance option">public option</a><sup id="cite_ref-HowTheyDidIt_161-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HowTheyDidIt-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HackerReform_175-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HackerReform-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was met,<sup id="cite_ref-PublicOption_176-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicOption-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> although supporters won various concessions, including allowing state-based public options such as Vermont's failed <a href="/wiki/Green_Mountain_Care" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Mountain Care">Green Mountain Care</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PublicOption_176-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicOption-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:111th_Congress_1st_session_Senate_roll_call_396.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/111th_Congress_1st_session_Senate_roll_call_396.svg/300px-111th_Congress_1st_session_Senate_roll_call_396.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/111th_Congress_1st_session_Senate_roll_call_396.svg/450px-111th_Congress_1st_session_Senate_roll_call_396.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/111th_Congress_1st_session_Senate_roll_call_396.svg/600px-111th_Congress_1st_session_Senate_roll_call_396.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="959" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption><b>Senate vote by state</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#008; 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and an amendment to offer a higher rate of <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> reimbursement for Nebraska.<sup id="cite_ref-reuterstimeline_155-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuterstimeline-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The latter half of the compromise was derisively termed the "Cornhusker Kickback"<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was later removed. </p><p>On December 23, the Senate voted 60–39 to end debate on the bill: a <a href="/wiki/Cloture#United_States" title="Cloture">cloture vote</a> to end the <a href="/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Filibuster in the United States Senate">filibuster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The bill then passed, also 60–39, on December 24, 2009, with all Democrats and two independents voting for it, and all Republicans against (except <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">Jim Bunning</a>, who did not vote).<sup id="cite_ref-USS_RC_2009-396_182-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USS_RC_2009-396-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The bill was endorsed by the <a href="/wiki/American_Medical_Association" title="American Medical Association">American Medical Association</a> and <a href="/wiki/AARP" title="AARP">AARP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 19, 2010, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> Republican <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brown_(politician)" title="Scott Brown (politician)">Scott Brown</a> was <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Massachusetts,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010">elected to the Senate in a special election</a> to replace the recently deceased <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a>, having campaigned on giving the Republican minority the 41st vote needed to sustain Republican filibusters.<sup id="cite_ref-reuterstimeline_155-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuterstimeline-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Additionally, the symbolic importance of losing Kennedy's <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts#Politics" title="Massachusetts">traditionally Democratic Massachusetts seat</a> made many Congressional Democrats concerned about the political cost of the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BillPassageOptions_187-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BillPassageOptions-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="House">House</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:111th_Congress_roll_call_165.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/111th_Congress_roll_call_165.svg/300px-111th_Congress_roll_call_165.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/111th_Congress_roll_call_165.svg/450px-111th_Congress_roll_call_165.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/111th_Congress_roll_call_165.svg/600px-111th_Congress_roll_call_165.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2583" data-file-height="1557" /></a><figcaption><b>House vote by congressional district</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#000080; color:white;">&#160;</span>&#160;Democratic yes (219)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#5050FF; color:white;">&#160;</span>&#160;Democratic no (34)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#800000; color:white;">&#160;</span>&#160;Republican no (178)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C8C8C8; color:black;">&#160;</span>&#160;No representative seated (4)</div></figcaption></figure> <p>With Democrats no longer able to get the 60 votes to break a filibuster in the Senate, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff" title="White House Chief of Staff">White House Chief of Staff</a> <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a> argued that Democrats should scale back to a less ambitious bill, but <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">House Speaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> pushed back, dismissing more moderate reform as "Kiddie Care".<sup id="cite_ref-nytimesjourney_188-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimesjourney-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PoliticoPelosi_189-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PoliticoPelosi-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama remained insistent on comprehensive reform. The news that <a href="/wiki/Anthem_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthem (company)">Anthem</a> in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> intended to raise premium rates for its patients by as much as 39% gave him new evidence of the need for reform.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimesjourney_188-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimesjourney-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PoliticoPelosi_189-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PoliticoPelosi-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On February 22, he laid out a "Senate-leaning" proposal to consolidate the bills.<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He held a meeting with both parties' leaders on February 25. The Democrats decided the House would pass the Senate's bill, to avoid another Senate vote. </p><p>House Democrats had expected to be able to negotiate changes <a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_conference_committee" title="United States congressional conference committee">in a House–Senate conference</a> before passing a final bill. Since any bill that emerged from conference that differed from the Senate bill would have to pass the Senate over another Republican filibuster, most House Democrats agreed to pass the Senate bill on condition that it be amended by a subsequent bill.<sup id="cite_ref-BillPassageOptions_187-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BillPassageOptions-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They drafted the <a href="/wiki/Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act_of_2010" title="Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010">Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act</a>, which could be passed by the <a href="/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)" title="Reconciliation (United States Congress)">reconciliation process</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimesjourney_188-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimesjourney-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reconciliationprimer_191-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reconciliationprimer-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-538Paths218_192-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-538Paths218-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Per the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_and_Impoundment_Control_Act_of_1974" title="Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974">Congressional Budget Act of 1974</a>, reconciliation cannot be subject to a <a href="/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Filibuster in the United States Senate">filibuster</a>. But reconciliation is <a href="/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)#Byrd_Rule" title="Reconciliation (United States Congress)">limited to budget changes</a>, which is why the procedure was not used to pass ACA in the first place; the bill had inherently non-budgetary regulations.<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although the already-passed Senate bill could not have been passed by reconciliation, most of House Democrats' demands were budgetary: "these changes—higher subsidy levels, different kinds of taxes to pay for them, nixing the Nebraska Medicaid deal—mainly involve taxes and spending. In other words, they're exactly the kinds of policies that are well-suited for reconciliation."<sup id="cite_ref-Reconciliationprimer_191-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reconciliationprimer-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The remaining obstacle was a pivotal group of <a href="/wiki/Anti-abortion_movements" title="Anti-abortion movements">pro-life</a> Democrats led by <a href="/wiki/Bart_Stupak" title="Bart Stupak">Bart Stupak</a> who were initially reluctant to support the bill. The group found the possibility of federal funding for abortion significant enough to warrant opposition. The Senate bill had not included language that satisfied their concerns, but they could not address abortion in the reconciliation bill as it would be non-budgetary. Instead, Obama issued <a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13535" title="Executive Order 13535">Executive Order 13535</a>, reaffirming the principles in the <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Amendment" title="Hyde Amendment">Hyde Amendment</a> to continue banning the use of federal funds for abortion.<sup id="cite_ref-EO13535_195-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EO13535-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This won the support of Stupak and members of his group and assured the bill's passage.<sup id="cite_ref-538Paths218_192-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-538Paths218-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The House passed the Senate bill with a 219–212 vote on March 21, 2010, with 34 Democrats and all 178 Republicans voting against it.<sup id="cite_ref-USH_RC_2010-165_198-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USH_RC_2010-165-198"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It passed the <a href="/wiki/Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act_of_2010" title="Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010">second bill</a>, by 220–211, the same day (with the Senate passing this bill via reconciliation by 56-43 a few days later). The day after the passage of ACA, March 22, Republicans introduced legislation to repeal it.<sup id="cite_ref-PelosiSawyer_199-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PelosiSawyer-199"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Obama signed ACA into law on March 23, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-24health_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24health-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-enactment">Post-enactment</h3></div> <p>Since passage, Republicans have voted to repeal all or parts of the Affordable Care Act more than sixty times.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017">Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017</a> eliminated the fine for violating the individual mandate, starting in 2019. (The requirement itself is still in effect.)<sup id="cite_ref-auto_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2019 Congress repealed the so-called "Cadillac" tax on health insurance benefits, an excise tax on medical devices, and the Health Insurance Tax.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_97-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/American_Rescue_Plan_Act_of_2021" title="American Rescue Plan Act of 2021">American Rescue Plan Act of 2021</a>, enacted during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic in the United States</a>, expanded subsidies for marketplace health plans. A continuation of these subsidies was introduced as part of the <a href="/wiki/Inflation_Reduction_Act_of_2022" class="mw-redirect" title="Inflation Reduction Act of 2022">Inflation Reduction Act of 2022</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Health_Insurance_Coverage_in_the_U.S._2016_-_v1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Health_Insurance_Coverage_in_the_U.S._2016_-_v1.png/440px-Health_Insurance_Coverage_in_the_U.S._2016_-_v1.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Health_Insurance_Coverage_in_the_U.S._2016_-_v1.png/660px-Health_Insurance_Coverage_in_the_U.S._2016_-_v1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Health_Insurance_Coverage_in_the_U.S._2016_-_v1.png/880px-Health_Insurance_Coverage_in_the_U.S._2016_-_v1.png 2x" data-file-width="1392" data-file-height="788" /></a><figcaption>U.S. health insurance coverage by source in 2016. CBO estimated ACA/Obamacare was responsible for 23 million persons covered via exchanges and Medicaid expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO_Subsidy2016_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO_Subsidy2016-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ACA_Panel_Chart_v1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/ACA_Panel_Chart_v1.png/440px-ACA_Panel_Chart_v1.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/ACA_Panel_Chart_v1.png/660px-ACA_Panel_Chart_v1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/ACA_Panel_Chart_v1.png/880px-ACA_Panel_Chart_v1.png 2x" data-file-width="1305" data-file-height="731" /></a><figcaption>This chart illustrates several aspects of the Affordable Care Act, including number of persons covered, cost before and after subsidies, and public opinion.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coverage">Coverage</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_coverage_in_the_United_States" title="Health insurance coverage in the United States">Health insurance coverage in the United States</a></div> <p>The law caused a significant reduction in the number and percentage of people without health insurance. The CDC reported that the percentage of people without health insurance fell from 16.0% in 2010 to 8.9% from January to June 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The uninsured rate dropped in every congressional district in the U.S. from 2013 to 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">Congressional Budget Office</a> reported in March 2016 that approximately 12 million people were covered by the exchanges (10 million of whom received subsidies) and 11 million added to Medicaid. Another million were covered by ACA's "Basic Health Program", for a total of 24 million.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO_Subsidy2016_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO_Subsidy2016-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> CBO estimated that ACA would reduce the net number of uninsured by 22 million in 2016, using a slightly different computation for the above figures totaling ACA coverage of 26 million, less 4<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million for reductions in "employment-based coverage" and "non-group and other coverage".<sup id="cite_ref-CBO_Subsidy2016_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO_Subsidy2016-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a> (HHS) estimated that 20.0 million adults (aged 18–64) gained healthcare coverage via ACA as of February 2016;<sup id="cite_ref-HHS_ASPE16_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HHS_ASPE16-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> similarly, the <a href="/wiki/Urban_Institute" title="Urban Institute">Urban Institute</a> found in 2016 that 19.2 million non-elderly Americans gained health insurance coverage from 2010 to 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2016, CBO estimated the uninsured at approximately 27 million people, or around 10% of the population or 7–8% excluding unauthorized immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO_Subsidy2016_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO_Subsidy2016-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>States that expanded Medicaid had a 7.3% uninsured rate on average in the first quarter of 2016, while those that did not had a 14.1% uninsured rate, among adults aged 18–64.<sup id="cite_ref-Urban_Q12016_204-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Urban_Q12016-204"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of December 2016 32 states (including Washington DC) had adopted the Medicaid extension.<sup id="cite_ref-KFF-Medicaid_205-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KFF-Medicaid-205"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2017 study found that the ACA reduced socioeconomic disparities in health care access.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Affordable Care Act reduced the percent of Americans between 18 and 64 who were uninsured from 22.3 percent in 2010 to 12.4 percent in 2016. About 21 million more people have coverage ten years after the enactment of the ACA.<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT20200323GoodnoughAbelsonetAl_208-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT20200323GoodnoughAbelsonetAl-208"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ten years after its enactment studies showed that the ACA also had a positive effect on health and caused a reduction in mortality.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT20200323GoodnoughAbelsonetAl_208-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT20200323GoodnoughAbelsonetAl-208"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taxes_2">Taxes</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Excise_taxes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Excise_taxes.jpg/300px-Excise_taxes.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Excise_taxes.jpg/450px-Excise_taxes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Excise_taxes.jpg/600px-Excise_taxes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2855" data-file-height="1880" /></a><figcaption>Excise taxes percentage 2015</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Excise_tax_in_the_United_States" title="Excise tax in the United States">Excise taxes</a> from the Affordable Care Act raised $16.3 billion in <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">fiscal year</a> 2015. $11.3 billion came from an excise tax placed directly on health insurers based on their market share. Annual excise taxes totaling $3 billion were levied on importers and manufacturers of prescription drugs. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Individual_mandate" title="Individual mandate">Individual mandate</a> tax was $695 per individual or $2,085 per family at a minimum, reaching as high as 2.5% of household income (whichever was higher). The tax was set to $0 beginning in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the fiscal year 2018, the individual and employer mandates yielded $4 billion each. Excise taxes on insurers and drug makers added $18 billion. Income tax surcharges produced 437 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>ACA reduced income inequality measured after taxes, due to the income tax surcharges and subsidies.<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> CBO estimated that subsidies paid under the law in 2016 averaged $4,240 per person for 10 million individuals receiving them, roughly $42 billion. The tax subsidy for the employer market, was approximately $1,700 per person in 2016, or $266 billion total.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO_Subsidy2016_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO_Subsidy2016-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Insurance_exchanges">Insurance exchanges</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_marketplace" title="Health insurance marketplace">Health insurance marketplace</a></div> <p>As of August 2016, 15 states operated their own <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_marketplace" title="Health insurance marketplace">health insurance marketplace</a>. Other states either used the federal exchange, or operated in partnership with or supported by the federal government.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_212-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-212"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 2019, 12 states and Washington DC operated their own exchanges.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medicaid_expansion_in_practice">Medicaid expansion in practice</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Medicaid_expansion_map_of_US._Affordable_Care_Act.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Medicaid_expansion_map_of_US._Affordable_Care_Act.svg/300px-Medicaid_expansion_map_of_US._Affordable_Care_Act.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Medicaid_expansion_map_of_US._Affordable_Care_Act.svg/450px-Medicaid_expansion_map_of_US._Affordable_Care_Act.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Medicaid_expansion_map_of_US._Affordable_Care_Act.svg/600px-Medicaid_expansion_map_of_US._Affordable_Care_Act.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Medicaid_coverage_gap#Medicaid_expansion" title="Medicaid coverage gap">ACA Medicaid expansion</a> by state.<sup id="cite_ref-KFF-Medicaid_205-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KFF-Medicaid-205"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#2b83ba; color:black;">&#160;</span>&#160;Not adopted</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#89CC7F; color:black;">&#160;</span>&#160;Adopted</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FECDAC; color:black;">&#160;</span>&#160;Implemented</div></figcaption></figure> <p>As of December 2019, 37 states (including Washington DC) had adopted the Medicaid extension.<sup id="cite_ref-KFF-Medicaid_205-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KFF-Medicaid-205"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Those states that expanded Medicaid had a 7.3% uninsured rate on average in the first quarter of 2016, while the others had a 14.1% uninsured rate, among adults aged 18 to 64.<sup id="cite_ref-Urban_Q12016_204-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Urban_Q12016-204"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following the Supreme Court ruling in 2012, which held that states would not lose Medicaid funding if they did not expand Medicaid under ACA, several states rejected the option. Over half the national uninsured population lived in those states.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT52413_214-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT52413-214"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Centers_for_Medicare_and_Medicaid_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services">Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services</a> (CMS) estimated that the cost of expansion was $6,366 per person for 2015, about 49 percent above previous estimates. An estimated 9<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>to 10 million people had gained Medicaid coverage, mostly low-income adults.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Family_Foundation" title="Kaiser Family Foundation">Kaiser Family Foundation</a> estimated in October 2015 that 3.1 million additional people were not covered because of states that rejected the Medicaid expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In many states income thresholds were significantly below 133% of the poverty line.<sup id="cite_ref-Kliff,_Sarah_217-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kliff,_Sarah-217"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Many states did not make Medicaid available to childless adults at any income level.<sup id="cite_ref-HealthCare_Reform_Magazine_218-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HealthCare_Reform_Magazine-218"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Because subsidies on exchange insurance plans were not available to those below the poverty line, such individuals had no new options.<sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Families_USA_220-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Families_USA-220"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For example, in Kansas, where only non-disabled adults with children and with an income below 32% of the poverty line were eligible for Medicaid, those with incomes from 32% to 100% of the poverty level ($6,250 to $19,530 for a family of three) were ineligible for both Medicaid and federal subsidies to buy insurance. Absent children, non-disabled adults were not eligible for Medicaid there.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT52413_214-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT52413-214"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Studies of the impact of Medicaid expansion rejections calculated that up to 6.4 million people would have too much income for Medicaid but not qualify for exchange subsidies.<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Several states argued that they could not afford the 10% contribution in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CNNMedicaid_223-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNNMedicaid-223"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Medicaiddeal_224-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Medicaiddeal-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some studies suggested rejecting the expansion would cost more due to increased spending on uncompensated emergency care that otherwise would have been partially paid for by Medicaid coverage,<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2016 study found that residents of Kentucky and Arkansas, which both expanded Medicaid, were more likely to receive health care services and less likely to incur emergency room costs or have trouble paying their medical bills. Residents of Texas, which did not accept the Medicaid expansion, did not see a similar improvement during the same period.<sup id="cite_ref-Sommers_227-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sommers-227"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kentucky opted for increased managed care, while Arkansas subsidized private insurance. Later Arkansas and Kentucky governors proposed reducing or modifying their programs. From 2013 to 2015, the uninsured rate dropped from 42% to 14% in Arkansas and from 40% to 9% in Kentucky, compared with 39% to 32% in Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-Sommers_227-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sommers-227"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2016 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">DHHS</a> study found that states that expanded Medicaid had lower premiums on exchange policies, because they had fewer low-income enrollees, whose health on average is worse than that of those with higher income.<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-230"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2019, the Census Bureau reported that states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA had considerably lower uninsured rates than states that did not. For example, for adults between 100% and 399% of poverty level, the uninsured rate in 2018 was 12.7% in expansion states and 21.2% in non-expansion states. Of the 14 states with uninsured rates of 10% or greater, 11 had not expanded Medicaid.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2018_231-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2018-231"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The drop in uninsured rates due to expanded Medicaid has broadened access to care among low-income adults, with post-ACA studies indicating an improvement in affordability, access to doctors, and usual sources of care.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_low_income_232-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_low_income-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A study using national data from the Health Reform Monitoring Survey determined that unmet need due to cost and inability to pay medical bills significantly decreased among low-income (up to 138% FPL) and moderate-income (139-199% FPL) adults, with unmet need due to cost decreasing by approximately 11 percentage points among low-income adults by the second enrollment period.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_low_income_232-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_low_income-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Importantly, issues with cost-related unmet medical needs, skipped medications, paying medical bills, and annual out-of-pocket spending have been significantly reduced among low-income adults in Medicaid expansion states compared to non-expansion states.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_low_income_232-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_low_income-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As well, expanded Medicaid has led to a 6.6% increase in physician visits by low-income adults, as well as increased usage of preventative care such as dental visits and cancer screenings among childless, low-income adults.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_low_income_232-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_low_income-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Improved health care coverage due to Medicaid expansion has been found in a variety of patient populations, such as adults with mental and substance use disorders, trauma patients, cancer patients, and people living with HIV.<sup id="cite_ref-trauma_medicaid_233-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trauma_medicaid-233"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HIV_medicaid_234-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HIV_medicaid-234"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ACC_surgery_cancer_235-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACC_surgery_cancer-235"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ACA_mental_2017_236-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_mental_2017-236"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Compared to 2011–13, in 2014 there was a 5.4 percentage point reduction in the uninsured rate of adults with mental disorders (from 21.3% to 15.9%) and a 5.1 percentage point reduction in the uninsured rate of adults with substance use disorders (from 25.9% to 20.8%); with increases in coverage occurring primarily through Medicaid.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_mental_2017_236-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_mental_2017-236"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Use of mental health treatment increased by 2.1 percentage points, from 43% to 45.1%.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_mental_2017_236-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_mental_2017-236"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among trauma patients nationwide, the uninsured rate has decreased by approximately 50%.<sup id="cite_ref-trauma_medicaid_233-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trauma_medicaid-233"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Adult trauma patients in expansion states experienced a 13.7 percentage point reduction in uninsured rates compared to adult trauma patients in non-expansion states, and an accompanying 7.4 percentage point increase in discharge to rehabilitation.<sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following Medicaid expansion and dependent coverage expansion, young adults hospitalized for acute traumatic injury in Maryland experienced a 60% increase in rehabilitation, 25% reduction in mortality, and a 29.8% reduction in failure-to-rescue.<sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Medicaid expansion's swift impact on cancer patients was demonstrated in a study using the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program that evaluated more than 850,000 patients diagnosed with breast, lung, colorectal, prostate cancer, or thyroid cancer from 2010 to 2014. The study found that a cancer diagnosis in 2014 was associated with a 1.9 percentage-point absolute and 33.5% relative decrease in uninsured rates compared to a diagnosis made between 2010 and 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-ACC_surgery_cancer_235-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACC_surgery_cancer-235"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another study, using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program data from 2010 to 2014, found that Medicaid expansion was associated with a 6.4% net increase in early stage (in situ, local, or regional) diagnoses of all cancers combined.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_cancer_10yr_239-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_cancer_10yr-239"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Data from the Centers for Disease and Prevention's (CDC) Medical Monitoring Project demonstrated that between 2009 and 2012, approximately 18% of people living with HIV (PLWH) who were actively receiving HIV treatment were uninsured<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_HIV_240-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_HIV-240"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and that at least 40% of HIV-infected adults receiving treatment were insured through Medicaid or Medicare, programs they qualified for only once their disease was advanced enough to be covered as a disability under Social Security.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_HIV_240-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_HIV-240"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Expanded Medicaid coverage of PLWH has been positively associated with health outcomes such as viral suppression, retention of care, hospitalization rates, and morbidity at the time of hospitalization.<sup id="cite_ref-HIV_medicaid_234-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HIV_medicaid-234"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An analysis of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey data found a 2.8% annual increase in viral suppression rates among all PLWH from 2010 to 2015 due to Medicaid expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_HIV_90_241-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_HIV_90-241"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In Nebraska, PLWH newly covered by Medicaid expansion in 2013-14 were four times more likely to be virally suppressed than PLWH who were eligible but remained uninsured.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_HIV_90_241-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_HIV_90-241"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As an early adopter of Medicaid expansion, Massachusetts found a 65% rate of viral suppression among all PLWH and an 85% rate among those retained in healthcare in 2014, both substantially higher than the national average.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_HIV_90_241-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_HIV_90-241"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>An analysis of hospital discharge data from 2012 to 2014 in four Medicaid expansion states and two non-expansion states revealed hospitalizations of uninsured PLWH fell from 13.7% to 5.5% in the four expansion states and rose from 14.5% to 15.7% in the two non-expansion states.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_ryan_HIV_2019_242-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_ryan_HIV_2019-242"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Importantly, uninsured PLWH were 40% more likely to die in the hospital than insured PLWH.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_ryan_HIV_2019_242-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_ryan_HIV_2019-242"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other notable health outcomes associated with Medicaid expansion include improved glucose monitoring rates for patients with diabetes, better hypertension control, and reduced rates of major post-operative morbidity.<sup id="cite_ref-Medicaid_Expan_Sys_Rev_243-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Medicaid_Expan_Sys_Rev-243"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A July 2019 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) indicated that states enacting Medicaid expansion exhibited statistically significant reductions in mortality rates.<sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> From that study, states that took Medicaid expansion "saved the lives of at least 19,200 adults aged 55 to 64 over the four-year period from 2014 to 2017."<sup id="cite_ref-CBPP_245-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBPP-245"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Further, 15,600 older adults died prematurely in the states that did not enact Medicaid expansion in those years according to the NBER research. 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class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Colorado.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colorado.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Colorado.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colorado.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Colorado.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colorado.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> </td> <td>In effect </td> <td>January 1, 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connect_for_Health_Colorado" title="Connect for Health Colorado">Connect for Health Colorado</a>, <a href="/wiki/HealthCare.gov" title="HealthCare.gov">HealthCare.gov</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Flag_of_Connecticut.svg/19px-Flag_of_Connecticut.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Flag_of_Connecticut.svg/29px-Flag_of_Connecticut.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Flag_of_Connecticut.svg/38px-Flag_of_Connecticut.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="260" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> </td> <td>In effect </td> <td>January 1, 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Access_Health_CT" title="Access Health CT">Access Health CT</a>, <a href="/wiki/HealthCare.gov" title="HealthCare.gov">HealthCare.gov</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/23px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/35px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/45px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> </td> <td>In effect </td> <td>January 1, 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HealthCare.gov" title="HealthCare.gov">HealthCare.gov</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/23px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/35px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/41px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="540" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>In effect </td> <td>January 1, 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennie" title="Pennie">Pennie</a>, <a href="/wiki/HealthCare.gov" title="HealthCare.gov">HealthCare.gov</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg/19px-Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="17" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg/35px-Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg/46px-Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> </td> <td>In effect </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DC_Health_Link" title="DC Health Link">DC Health Link</a>, <a href="/wiki/HealthCare.gov" title="HealthCare.gov">HealthCare.gov</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/46px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="400" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a> </td> <td>In effect </td> <td>January 1, 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HealthCare.gov" title="HealthCare.gov">HealthCare.gov</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png 1.5x, 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</td> <td>No expansion </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HealthCare.gov" title="HealthCare.gov">HealthCare.gov</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Insurance_costs">Insurance costs</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_costs_in_the_United_States" title="Health insurance costs in the United States">Health insurance costs in the United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Health_care_prices_in_the_United_States" title="Health care prices in the United States">Health care prices in the United States</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_healthcare_cost_panel_v1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/US_healthcare_cost_panel_v1.png/440px-US_healthcare_cost_panel_v1.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/US_healthcare_cost_panel_v1.png/660px-US_healthcare_cost_panel_v1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/US_healthcare_cost_panel_v1.png/880px-US_healthcare_cost_panel_v1.png 2x" data-file-width="1347" data-file-height="755" /></a><figcaption> <sup id="cite_ref-cms-cost_248-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cms-cost-248"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>National health care expenditures rose faster than national income both before (2009–2013: 3.73%) and after (2014–2018: 4.82%) ACA's major provisions took effect.<sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cms-cost_248-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cms-cost-248"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Premium prices rose considerably before and after. For example, a study published in 2016 found that the average requested 2017 premium increase among 40-year-old non-smokers was about 9<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>percent, according to an analysis of 17 cities, although Blue Cross Blue Shield proposed increases of 40 percent in Alabama and 60 percent in Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, some or all these costs were offset by tax credits. For example, the <a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Family_Foundation" title="Kaiser Family Foundation">Kaiser Family Foundation</a> reported that for the second-lowest cost "Silver plan", a 40-year old non-smoker making $30,000 per year would pay effectively the same amount in 2017 as they did in 2016 (about $208/month) after the tax credit, despite a large increase in the list price. This was consistent nationally. In other words, the subsidies increased along with the premium price, fully offsetting the increases for subsidy-eligible enrollees.<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Premium cost increases in the employer market moderated after 2009. For example, healthcare premiums for those covered by employers rose by 69% from 2000 to 2005, but only 27% from 2010 to 2015,<sup id="cite_ref-Kaiser15_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaiser15-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with only a 3% increase from 2015 to 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> From 2008 to 2010 (before passage of ACA) health insurance premiums rose by an average of 10% per year.<sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several studies found that the <a href="/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial crisis of 2007–08">financial crisis</a> and accompanying recession could not account for the entirety of the slowdown and that structural changes likely shared at least partial credit.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTLowrey1_254-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTLowrey1-254"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-paulryan_255-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paulryan-255"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-257" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-257"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2013 study estimated that changes to the health system had been responsible for about a quarter of the recent reduction in inflation.<sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Appears to get the relationship backwards. 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(November 2019)">clarification needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> Paul Krawzak claimed that even if cost controls succeed in reducing the amount spent on healthcare, such efforts on their own may be insufficient to outweigh the long-term burden placed by demographic changes, particularly <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)#Costs_and_funding_challenges" title="Medicare (United States)">the growth of the population on Medicare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2016 review, Barack Obama claimed that from 2010 through 2014 mean annual growth in real per-enrollee Medicare spending was negative, down from a mean of 4.7% per year from 2000 through 2005 and 2.4% per year from 2006 to 2010; similarly, mean real per-enrollee growth in private insurance spending was 1.1% per year over the period, compared with a mean of 6.5% from 2000 through 2005 and 3.4% from 2005 to 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Deductibles_and_co-payments">Deductibles and co-payments</h4></div> <p>A contributing factor to premium cost moderation was that the insured faced higher <a href="/wiki/Deductible" title="Deductible">deductibles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Copayment" title="Copayment">copayments</a> and out-of-pocket maximums. In addition, many employees chose to combine a <a href="/wiki/Health_savings_account" title="Health savings account">health savings account</a> with higher deductible plans, making the net impact of ACA difficult to determine precisely. </p><p>For the group market (employer insurance), a 2016 survey found that: </p> <ul><li>Deductibles grew 63% from 2011 to 2016, while premiums increased 19% and worker earnings grew by 11%.</li> <li>In 2016, 4 in 5 workers had an insurance deductible, which averaged $1,478. For firms with less than 200 employees, the deductible averaged $2,069.</li> <li>The percentage of workers with a deductible of at least $1,000 grew from 10% in 2006 to 51% in 2016. The 2016 figure dropped to 38% after taking employer contributions into account.<sup id="cite_ref-261" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-261"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>For the non-group market, of which two-thirds are covered by ACA exchanges, a survey of 2015 data found that: </p> <ul><li>49% had individual deductibles of at least $1,500 ($3,000 for family), up from 36% in 2014.</li> <li>Many exchange enrollees qualify for cost-sharing subsidies that reduce their net deductible.</li> <li>While about 75% of enrollees were "very satisfied" or "somewhat satisfied" with their choice of doctors and hospitals, only 50% had such satisfaction with their annual deductible.</li> <li>While 52% of those covered by ACA exchanges felt "well protected" by their insurance, in the group market 63% felt that way.<sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_outcomes">Health outcomes</h3></div> <p>According to a 2014 study, ACA likely prevented an estimated 50,000 preventable patient deaths from 2010 to 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Himmelstein and Woolhandler wrote in January 2017 that a rollback of ACA's Medicaid expansion alone would cause an estimated 43,956 deaths annually.<sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Kaiser Foundation, expanding Medicaid in the remaining states would cover up to 4.5 million persons.<sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2021 study found a significant decline in mortality rates in the states that opted in to the Medicaid expansion program compared with those states that did not do so. The study reported that states decisions' not to expand Medicaid resulted in approximately 15,600 excess deaths from 2014 through 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-266" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-266"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-267" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-267"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dependent Coverage Expansion (DCE) under the ACA has had a demonstrable effect on various health metrics of young adults, a group with a historically low level of insurance coverage and utilization of care.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_DCE_2017_268-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_DCE_2017-268"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Numerous studies have shown the target age group gained private health insurance relative to an older group after the policy was implemented, with an accompanying improvement in having a usual source of care, reduction in out-of-pocket costs of high-end medical expenditures, reduction in frequency of Emergency Department visits, 3.5% increase in hospitalizations and 9% increase in hospitalizations with a psychiatric diagnosis, 5.3% increase in utilizing specialty mental health care by those with a probable mental illness, 4% increase in reporting excellent mental health, and a 1.5-6.2% increase in reporting excellent physical health.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_DCE_2017_268-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_DCE_2017-268"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Studies have also found that DCE was associated with improvements in cancer prevention, detection, and treatment among young adult patients.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_cancer_10yr_239-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_cancer_10yr-239"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ACA_cancer_YA_269-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_cancer_YA-269"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A study of 10,010 women aged 18–26 identified through the 2008-12 National Health Interview Survey found that the likelihood of HPV vaccination initiation and completion increased by 7.7 and 5.8 percentage points respectively when comparing before and after October 1, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_cancer_YA_269-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_cancer_YA-269"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another study using National Cancer Database (NCDB) data from 2007 to 2012 found a 5.5 percentage point decrease in late-stage (stages III/IV) cervical cancer diagnosis for women aged 21–25 after DCE, and an overall decrease of 7.3 percentage points in late-stage diagnosis compared to those aged 26–34.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_cancer_10yr_239-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_cancer_10yr-239"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A study using SEER Program data from 2007 to 2012 found a 2.7 percentage point increase in diagnosis at stage I disease for patients aged 19–25 compared with those aged 26–34 for all cancers combined.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_cancer_10yr_239-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_cancer_10yr-239"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Studies focusing on cancer treatment after DCE found a 12.8 percentage point increase in the receipt of fertility-sparing treatment among cervical cancer patients aged 21–25 and an overall increase of 13.4 percentage points compared to those aged 26–34, as well as an increased likelihood that patients aged 19–25 with stage IIB-IIIC colorectal cancer receive timely adjuvant chemotherapy compared to those aged 27–34.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_cancer_10yr_239-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_cancer_10yr-239"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two 2018 <i><a href="/wiki/JAMA_(journal)" class="mw-redirect" title="JAMA (journal)">JAMA</a></i> studies found the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) was associated with increased post-discharge mortality for patients hospitalized for heart failure and pneumonia.<sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-271" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-271"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2019 <i>JAMA</i> study found that ACA decreased emergency department and hospital use by uninsured individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Several studies have indicated that increased 30-day, 90-day, and 1-year post-discharge mortality of heart failure patients can be attributed to "gaming the system" through inappropriate triage systems in emergency departments, use of observation stays when admissions are warranted, and delay of readmission beyond the 30th day post-discharge, strategies that can reduce readmission rates at the expense of quality of care and patient survival.<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The HRRP was also shown to disproportionately penalize safety-net hospitals that predominately serve low-income patients.<sup id="cite_ref-275" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-275"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2020 study by Treasury Department economists in the <i><a href="/wiki/Quarterly_Journal_of_Economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarterly Journal of Economics">Quarterly Journal of Economics</a></i> using a <a href="/wiki/Randomized_controlled_trial" title="Randomized controlled trial">randomized controlled trial</a> (the IRS sent letters to some taxpayers noting that they had paid a fine for not signing up for health insurance but not to other taxpayers) found that over two years, obtaining health insurance reduced mortality by 12 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_276-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-276"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-277" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-277"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The study 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medicaid_cancer_continu-279"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-280" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-280"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These studies include a 2.1% increase in the probability of smoking cessation in Medicaid expansion states compared to non-expansion states, a 24% increase in smoking cessation medication use due to increased Medicaid-financed smoking cessation prescriptions, a 27.7% increase in the rate of colorectal cancer screening in Kentucky following Medicaid expansion with an accompanying improvement in colorectal cancer survival, and a 3.4% increase in cancer incidence following Medicaid expansion that was attributed to an increase in early-stage diagnoses.<sup id="cite_ref-medicaid_cancer_continu_279-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medicaid_cancer_continu-279"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Transition-of-care interventions and Alternative Payment Models under the ACA have also shown promise in improving health outcomes.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_TOC_2017_281-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_TOC_2017-281"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ACA_APM_Ortho_282-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_APM_Ortho-282"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Post-discharge provider appointment and telephone follow-up interventions have been shown to reduce 30-day readmission rates among general medical-surgical inpatients.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_TOC_2017_281-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_TOC_2017-281"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Reductions in 60, 90, and 180 post-discharge day readmission rates due to transition-of-care interventions have also been demonstrated, and a reduction in 30-day mortality has been suggested.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_TOC_2017_281-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_TOC_2017-281"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Total joint arthroplasty bundles as part of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative have been shown to reduce discharge to inpatient rehabilitation facilities and post-acute care facilities, decrease hospital length of stay by 18% without sacrificing quality of care, and reduce the rate of total joint arthroplasty readmissions, half of which were due to surgical complications.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_APM_Ortho_282-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_APM_Ortho-282"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program in Medicaid has also shown the potential to improve health outcomes, with early studies reporting positive and significant effects on total patient experience score, 30-day readmission rates, incidences of pneumonia and pressure ulcers, and 30-day mortality rates for pneumonia.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_HVBP_2020_283-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_HVBP_2020-283"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) payment and care model, a team-based approach to population health management that risk-stratifies patients and provides focused care management and outreach to high-risk patients, has been shown to improve diabetes outcomes.<sup id="cite_ref-APM_diabetes_284-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APM_diabetes-284"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A widespread PCMH demonstration program focusing on diabetes, known as the Chronic Care Initiative in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, found statistically significant improvements in A1C testing, LDL-C testing, nephropathy screening and monitoring, and eye examinations, with an accompanying reduction in all-cause emergency department visits, ambulatory care-sensitive emergency department visits, ambulatory visits to specialists, and a higher rate of ambulatory visits to primary care providers.<sup id="cite_ref-APM_diabetes_284-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APM_diabetes-284"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The ACA overall has improved coverage and care of diabetes, with a significant portion of the 3.5 million uninsured US adults aged 18–64 with diabetes in 2009-10 likely gaining coverage and benefits such as closure of the Medicaid Part D coverage gap for insulin.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_diabetes_285-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_diabetes-285"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 2.3 million of the approximately 4.6 million people aged 18–64 with undiagnosed diabetes in 2009–2010 may also have gained access to zero-cost preventative care due to section 2713 of the ACA, which prohibits cost sharing for United States Preventive Services Taskforce grade A or B recommended services, such as diabetes screenings.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_diabetes_285-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_diabetes-285"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Distributional_impact">Distributional impact</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1b-ACA_Distribution_in_2014.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/1b-ACA_Distribution_in_2014.png/440px-1b-ACA_Distribution_in_2014.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/1b-ACA_Distribution_in_2014.png/660px-1b-ACA_Distribution_in_2014.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/1b-ACA_Distribution_in_2014.png/880px-1b-ACA_Distribution_in_2014.png 2x" data-file-width="1264" data-file-height="790" /></a><figcaption>The distributional impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) during 2014. ACA raised taxes mainly on the top 1% to fund approximately $600 in benefits on average for the bottom 40% of families.</figcaption></figure> <p>In March 2018, the CBO reported that ACA had reduced income inequality in 2014, saying the law led the lowest and second quintiles (the bottom 40%) to receive an average of an additional $690 and $560 respectively while causing households in the top 1% to pay an additional $21,000 due mostly to the net investment income tax and the additional Medicare tax. The law placed relatively little burden on households in the top quintile (top 20%) outside of the top 1%.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO_Dist14_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO_Dist14-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_deficit">Federal deficit</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="CBO_estimates_of_revenue_and_impact_on_deficit">CBO estimates of revenue and impact on deficit</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/United_States_public_debt" class="mw-redirect" title="United States public debt">United States public debt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Provisions_of_the_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a></div> <p>The CBO reported in multiple studies that ACA would reduce the deficit, and repealing it would increase the deficit, primarily because of the elimination of Medicare reimbursement cuts.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO50252_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO50252-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBO22077_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO22077-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 2011 comprehensive CBO estimate projected a net deficit reduction of more than $200 billion during the 2012–2021 period:<sup id="cite_ref-CBO22077_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO22077-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBO43104_286-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO43104-286"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> it calculated the law would result in $604 billion in <a href="/wiki/Government_spending" title="Government spending">total outlays</a> offset by $813 billion in <a href="/wiki/Government_revenue" title="Government revenue">total receipts</a>, resulting in a $210 billion net deficit reduction.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO22077_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO22077-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The CBO separately predicted that while most of the spending provisions do not begin until 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-CBO-Pelosi_287-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO-Pelosi-287"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RollCallCBO_288-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RollCallCBO-288"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> revenue would exceed spending in those subsequent years.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO-Pelosi2_289-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO-Pelosi2-289"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title="&#160;Dead link tagged February 2023">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">&#8205;</span>&#93;</span></sup> The CBO claimed the bill would "substantially reduce the growth of Medicare's payment rates for most services; impose an excise tax on insurance plans with relatively high premiums; and make various other changes to the federal tax code, Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs"<sup id="cite_ref-CBO-Reid-Dec2009_290-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO-Reid-Dec2009-290"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>—ultimately extending the solvency of the <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)#The_solvency_of_the_Medicare_HI_trust_fund" title="Medicare (United States)">Medicare trust fund</a> by eight years.<sup id="cite_ref-291" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-291"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>This estimate was made prior to the <a href="#Legal_challenges">Supreme Court's ruling</a> that enabled states to <a href="#Medicaid_expansion">opt out of the Medicaid expansion</a>, thereby forgoing the related federal funding. The <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">CBO</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Committee_on_Taxation" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation">JCT</a> subsequently updated the budget projection, estimating the impact of the ruling would reduce the cost estimate of the insurance coverage provisions by $84 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-fewer_292-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fewer-292"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>292<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBO43472_293-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO43472-293"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-294" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-294"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The CBO in June 2015 forecast that repeal of ACA would increase the deficit between $137 billion and $353 billion over the 2016–2025 period, depending on the impact of macroeconomic <a href="/wiki/Dynamic_scoring" title="Dynamic scoring">feedback</a> effects. The CBO also forecast that repeal of ACA would likely cause an increase in GDP by an average of 0.7% in the period from 2021 to 2025, mainly by boosting the supply of labor.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO50252_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO50252-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the CBO generally does not provide cost estimates beyond the 10-year budget projection period because of the degree of uncertainty involved in the projection, it decided to do so in this case at the request of lawmakers, and estimated a second decade deficit reduction of $1.2&#160;trillion.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO-Reid-Dec2009_290-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO-Reid-Dec2009-290"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CNN-Mar18_295-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-Mar18-295"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> CBO predicted deficit reduction around a broad range of one-half percent of GDP over the 2020s while cautioning that "a wide range of changes could occur".<sup id="cite_ref-296" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-296"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017 CBO estimated that repealing the individual mandate alone would reduce the 10-year deficit by $338 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-297" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-297"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>297<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Opinions_on_CBO_projections">Opinions on CBO projections</h4></div> <p>The CBO cost estimates were criticized because they excluded the effects of potential legislation that would increase Medicare payments by more than $200&#160;billion from 2010 to 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-298" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-298"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-299" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-299"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-300" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-300"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the so-called "<a href="/wiki/Medicare_Sustainable_Growth_Rate" title="Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate">doc fix</a>" is a separate issue that would have existed with or without ACA.<sup id="cite_ref-301" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-301"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-302" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-302"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-303" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-303"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Center_on_Budget_and_Policy_Priorities" title="Center on Budget and Policy Priorities">Center on Budget and Policy Priorities</a> objected that Congress had a good record of implementing Medicare savings. According to their study, Congress followed through on the implementation of the vast majority of provisions enacted in the past 20&#160;years to produce Medicare savings, although not the doc fix.<sup id="cite_ref-304" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-304"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-305" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-305"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The doc fix became obsolete in 2015 when the savings provision was eliminated, permanently removing that spending restraint.<sup id="cite_ref-306" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-306"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Health_economist" class="mw-redirect" title="Health economist">Health economist</a> <a href="/wiki/Uwe_Reinhardt" title="Uwe Reinhardt">Uwe Reinhardt</a>, wrote, "The rigid, artificial rules under which the Congressional Budget Office must score proposed legislation unfortunately cannot produce the best unbiased forecasts of the likely fiscal impact of any legislation."<sup id="cite_ref-307" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-307"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Holtz-Eakin" title="Douglas Holtz-Eakin">Douglas Holtz-Eakin</a> alleged that the bill would increase the deficit by $562&#160;billion because, he argued, it front-loaded revenue and back-loaded benefits.<sup id="cite_ref-308" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-308"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scheiber and Cohn rejected critical assessments of the law's deficit impact, arguing that predictions were biased towards underestimating deficit reduction. They noted, for example, it is easier to account for the cost of definite levels of subsidies to specified numbers of people than to account for savings from <a href="/wiki/Preventive_medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="Preventive medicine">preventive healthcare</a>, and that the CBO had a track record of overestimating costs and underestimating savings of health legislation;<sup id="cite_ref-CBOMethodology_309-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBOMethodology-309"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBOTrackRecord_310-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBOTrackRecord-310"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> stating, "innovations in the delivery of medical care, like greater use of <a href="/wiki/Electronic_medical_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic medical record">electronic medical records</a><sup id="cite_ref-311" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-311"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>311<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and financial incentives for more coordination of care among doctors, would produce substantial savings while also slowing the relentless climb of medical expenses<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>... But the CBO would not consider such savings in its calculations, because the innovations hadn't really been tried on such large scale or in concert with one another—and that meant there wasn't much hard data to prove the savings would materialize."<sup id="cite_ref-CBOMethodology_309-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBOMethodology-309"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010 <a href="/wiki/David_M._Walker_(U.S._Comptroller_General)" title="David M. Walker (U.S. Comptroller General)">David Walker</a> said the CBO estimates were not likely to be accurate, because they were based on the assumption that the law would not change.<sup id="cite_ref-deficit_david_walker_cbo_innacurate_312-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deficit_david_walker_cbo_innacurate-312"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>312<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Employer_mandate_and_part-time_work">Employer mandate and part-time work</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information&#32;on health insurance mandates: <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_mandate" title="Health insurance mandate">Health insurance mandate</a></div> <p>The employer mandate applies to employers of more than fifty where health insurance is provided only to the full-time workers.<sup id="cite_ref-GPO_313-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GPO-313"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>313<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Critics claimed it created a <a href="/wiki/Perverse_incentive" title="Perverse incentive">perverse incentive</a> to hire part-timers instead.<sup id="cite_ref-ChaitNotWreck_314-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChaitNotWreck-314"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KliffPartTime_315-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KliffPartTime-315"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, between March 2010 and 2014, the number of part-time jobs declined by 230,000 while the number of full-time jobs increased by two million.<sup id="cite_ref-FORBES_316-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FORBES-316"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>316<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BUREAU_OF_LABOR_AND_STATISTICS_317-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUREAU_OF_LABOR_AND_STATISTICS-317"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>317<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the public sector full-time jobs turned into part-time jobs much more than in the private sector.<sup id="cite_ref-FORBES_316-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FORBES-316"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>316<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-318" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-318"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>318<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2016 study found only limited evidence that ACA had increased part-time employment.<sup id="cite_ref-319" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-319"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>319<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several businesses and the state of Virginia added a 29-hour-a-week cap for their part-time employees,<sup id="cite_ref-320" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-320"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>320<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (October 2013)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup><sup id="cite_ref-321" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-321"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>321<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (October 2013)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> to reflect the 30-hour-or-more definition for full-time worker.<sup id="cite_ref-GPO_313-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GPO-313"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>313<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2013, few companies had shifted their workforce towards more part-time hours (4% in a survey from the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Minneapolis" title="Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis">Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-KliffPartTime_315-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KliffPartTime-315"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Trends in working hours<sup id="cite_ref-NPRPartTime_322-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPRPartTime-322"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the recovery from the <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" title="Great Recession">Great Recession</a> correlate with the shift from part-time to full-time work.<sup id="cite_ref-323" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-323"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>323<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-324" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-324"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other confounding impacts include that health insurance helps attract and retain employees, increases productivity and reduces absenteeism; and lowers corresponding training and administration costs from a smaller, more stable workforce.<sup id="cite_ref-KliffPartTime_315-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KliffPartTime-315"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPRPartTime_322-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPRPartTime-322"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-325" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-325"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>325<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Relatively few firms employ over 50 employees<sup id="cite_ref-KliffPartTime_315-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KliffPartTime-315"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and more than 90% of them already offered insurance.<sup id="cite_ref-CohnDelay_326-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CohnDelay-326"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most policy analysts (both right and left) were critical of the employer mandate provision.<sup id="cite_ref-ChaitNotWreck_314-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChaitNotWreck-314"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CohnDelay_326-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CohnDelay-326"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They argued that the perverse incentives regarding part-time hours, even if they did not change existing plans, were real and harmful;<sup id="cite_ref-CBPPEmpMand._327-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBPPEmpMand.-327"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>327<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MandateRepeal_328-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MandateRepeal-328"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> that the raised <a href="/wiki/Marginal_cost" title="Marginal cost">marginal cost</a> of the 50th worker for businesses could limit companies' growth;<sup id="cite_ref-329" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-329"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>329<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> that the costs of reporting and administration were not worth the costs of maintaining employer plans;<sup id="cite_ref-CBPPEmpMand._327-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBPPEmpMand.-327"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>327<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MandateRepeal_328-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MandateRepeal-328"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and noted that the employer mandate was not essential to maintain adequate risk pools.<sup id="cite_ref-330" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-330"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>330<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mandate3_331-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mandate3-331"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>331<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The provision generated vocal opposition from business interests and some unions who were not granted exemptions.<sup id="cite_ref-MandateRepeal_328-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MandateRepeal-328"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_332-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-332"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hospitals">Hospitals</h3></div> <p>From the start of 2010 to November 2014, 43 hospitals in <a href="/wiki/Rural_area#United_States" title="Rural area">rural areas</a> closed. Critics claimed the new law had caused these closures. Many rural hospitals were built using funds from the 1946 <a href="/wiki/Hill%E2%80%93Burton_Act" title="Hill–Burton Act">Hill–Burton Act</a>. Some of these hospitals reopened as other medical facilities, but only a small number operated <a href="/wiki/Emergency_department" title="Emergency department">emergency rooms</a> (ER) or <a href="/wiki/Urgent_care" class="mw-redirect" title="Urgent care">urgent care</a> centers.<sup id="cite_ref-333" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-333"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>333<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between January 2010 and 2015, a quarter of ER doctors said they had seen a major surge in patients, while nearly half had seen a smaller increase. Seven in ten ER doctors claimed they lacked the resources to deal with large increases in the number of patients. The biggest factor in the increased number of ER patients was insufficient primary care providers to handle the larger number of insured.<sup id="cite_ref-334" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-334"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Michael Lee Jr. and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Monuteaux" title="Michael Monuteaux">Michael C. Monuteaux</a> at Boston Children's Hospital analyzed national emergency department visits among children aged 0 to 17 from 2009 to 2016 using the American Community Survey (ACS) and Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS). They found no immediate change in pediatric emergency department visit rates the year after the ACA took full effect in 2014, but the rate of change from 2014 to 2016 was significantly higher than previous rate trends, almost 10%.<sup id="cite_ref-335" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-335"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>335<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several large insurers formed ACOs. Many hospitals merged and purchased physician practices, amounting to a significant consolidation of the provider industry. The increased market share gave them more leverage with insurers and reduced patient care options.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_110-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_consequences">Economic consequences</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Obamacare_Panel_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Obamacare_Panel_2.png/440px-Obamacare_Panel_2.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Obamacare_Panel_2.png/660px-Obamacare_Panel_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Obamacare_Panel_2.png/880px-Obamacare_Panel_2.png 2x" data-file-width="1305" data-file-height="736" /></a><figcaption>Coverage rate, employer market cost trends, budgetary impact, and income inequality aspects of the Affordable Care Act</figcaption></figure> <p>CBO estimated in June 2015 that repealing ACA would: </p> <ul><li>Decrease GDP in the short-term, as government spending (on subsidies) was only partially replaced by spending by recipients.</li> <li>Increase the supply of labor and aggregate compensation by about 0.8 and 0.9 percent over the 2021–2025 period. CBO cited ACA's expanded eligibility for Medicaid and subsidies and tax credits that rise with income as disincentives to work, so repealing ACA would remove those disincentives, encouraging workers to supply more labor, increasing the total number of hours worked by about 1.5% over the 2021–2025 period.</li> <li>Remove the higher tax rates on capital income, thereby encouraging investment, raising the capital stock and output in the long-run.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO50252_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO50252-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In 2015 the progressive <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Economic_and_Policy_Research" title="Center for Economic and Policy Research">Center for Economic and Policy Research</a> found no evidence that companies were reducing worker hours to avoid ACA requirements<sup id="cite_ref-336" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-336"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>336<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> for employees working more than 30 hours per week.<sup id="cite_ref-337" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-337"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>337<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>CBO estimated that ACA would slightly reduce the size of the labor force and number of hours worked, as some would no longer be tethered to employers for their insurance. Jonathan Cohn claimed that ACA's primary employment effect was to alleviate <a href="/wiki/Job_lock" title="Job lock">job lock</a><sup id="cite_ref-CBOjobs_338-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBOjobs-338"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>338<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the reform's only significant employment impact was the retirement of those who were working only to stay insured.<sup id="cite_ref-ACAEconomyCohn_339-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACAEconomyCohn-339"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>339<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_opinion">Public opinion</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:6th_anniversary_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Congressional Democrats celebrating the 6th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act in March 2016 on the steps of the U.S. Capitol." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/6th_anniversary_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act.jpg/220px-6th_anniversary_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/6th_anniversary_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act.jpg/330px-6th_anniversary_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/6th_anniversary_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act.jpg/440px-6th_anniversary_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Congressional Democrats celebrate the 6th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act on the steps of the Capitol.</figcaption></figure> <p>Public views became increasingly negative in reaction to specific plans discussed during the legislative debate over 2009 and 2010. Approval varied by party, race and age. Some elements were more widely favored (preexisting conditions) or opposed (individual mandate). </p><p>In a 2010 <a href="/wiki/Opinion_poll" title="Opinion poll">poll</a>, 62% of respondents said they thought ACA would "increase the amount of money they personally spend on health care", 56% said the bill "gives the government too much involvement in health care", and 19% said they thought they and their families would be better off with the legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-340" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-340"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>340<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other polls found that people were concerned the law would cost more than projected and would not do enough to control costs.<sup id="cite_ref-341" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-341"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>341<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2012 poll 44% supported the law, with 56% against. By 75% of Democrats, 27% of Independents and 14% of Republicans favored the law. 82% favored banning insurance companies from denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions, 61% favored allowing children to stay on their parents' insurance until age 26, 72% supported requiring companies with more than 50 employees to provide insurance for their employees, and 39% supported the individual mandate to own insurance or pay a penalty. By party affiliation, 19% of Republicans, 27% of Independents, and 59% of Democrats favored the mandate.<sup id="cite_ref-most_342-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-most-342"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>342<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other polls showed additional provisions receiving majority support, including the exchanges, pooling small businesses and the uninsured with other consumers and providing subsidies.<sup id="cite_ref-343" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-343"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>343<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-344" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-344"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>344<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some opponents believed the reform did not go far enough: a 2012 poll indicated that 71% of Republican opponents rejected it overall, while 29% believed it did not go far enough; independent opponents were divided 67% to 33%; and among the much smaller group of Democratic opponents, 49% rejected it overall and 51% wanted more.<sup id="cite_ref-most_342-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-most-342"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>342<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2013, a majority of the public (52–34%) indicated a desire for "Congress to implement or tinker with the law rather than repeal it".<sup id="cite_ref-345" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-345"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>345<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate, a 2012 poll held that "most Americans (56%) want to see critics of President Obama's health care law drop efforts to block it and move on to other national issues".<sup id="cite_ref-346" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-346"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>346<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of October 2013, approximately 40% were in favor while 51% were against.<sup id="cite_ref-347" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-347"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>347<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-348" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-348"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>348<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> About 29% of <a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_whites" title="Non-Hispanic whites">whites</a> approved of the law, compared with 61% of <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanics</a> and 91% of <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African Americans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-349" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-349"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>349<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A solid majority of seniors opposed the idea and a solid majority of those under forty were in favor.<sup id="cite_ref-350" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-350"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>350<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2014 poll reported that 26% of Americans support ACA.<sup id="cite_ref-351" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-351"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>351<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A later 2014 poll reported that 48.9% of respondents had an unfavorable view of ACA versus 38.3% who had a favorable view (of more than 5,500 individuals).<sup id="cite_ref-352" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-352"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>352<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another held that 8% of respondents agreed the Affordable Care Act "is working well the way it is".<sup id="cite_ref-353" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-353"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>353<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In late 2014, a <a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen</a> poll reported Repeal: 30%, Leave as is: 13%, Improve: 52%.<sup id="cite_ref-354" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-354"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>354<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, a poll reported that 47% of Americans approved the health care law. This was the first time a major poll indicated that more respondents approved than disapproved.<sup id="cite_ref-355" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-355"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>355<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A December 2016 poll reported that: a) 30% wanted to expand what the law does; b) 26% wanted to repeal the entire law; c) 19% wanted to move forward with implementing the law as it is; and d) 17% wanted to scale back what the law does, with the remainder undecided.<sup id="cite_ref-356" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-356"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>356<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Separate polls from Fox News and NBC/<i>WSJ</i>, both taken during January 2017, indicated more people viewed the law favorably than did not for the first time. One of the reasons for the improving popularity of the law is that Democrats who had once opposed it (many still prefer "Medicare for all") shifted their positions because ACA was under threat of repeal.<sup id="cite_ref-357" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-357"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>357<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another January 2017 poll reported that 35% of respondents believed "Obamacare" and the "Affordable Care Act" were different or did not know. (About 45% were unsure whether "repeal of Obamacare" also meant "repeal of the Affordable Care Act".) 39% did not know that "many people would lose coverage through Medicaid or subsidies for private health insurance if the ACA were repealed and no replacement enacted", with Democrats far more likely (79%) to know that fact than Republicans (47%).<sup id="cite_ref-358" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-358"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>358<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2017 study found that personal experience with public health insurance programs led to greater support for the ACA, most prominently among Republicans and low-information voters.<sup id="cite_ref-359" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-359"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>359<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of 2023, a Morning Consult poll of registered voters found that 57% approved of the Affordable Care Act, while 30% disapproved of it. 85% of Democrats, 56% of independents, and 28% of Republicans supported the law.<sup id="cite_ref-360" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-360"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>360<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_aspects">Political aspects</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="&quot;Obamacare&quot;"><span id=".22Obamacare.22"></span>"Obamacare"</h3></div> <p>The term "Obamacare" was originally coined by opponents as a <a href="/wiki/Pejorative" title="Pejorative">pejorative</a>. According to research by <a href="/wiki/Elspeth_Reeve" class="mw-redirect" title="Elspeth Reeve">Elspeth Reeve</a>, the expression was used in early 2007, generally by writers describing the candidate's proposal for expanding coverage for the uninsured.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT20120803_361-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT20120803-361"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>361<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The term officially emerged in March 2007 when healthcare <a href="/wiki/Lobbyist" class="mw-redirect" title="Lobbyist">lobbyist</a> Jeanne Schulte Scott wrote, "We will soon see a '<a href="/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani" title="Rudy Giuliani">Giuliani</a>-care' and 'Obama-care' to go along with '<a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">McCain</a>-care', '<a href="/wiki/John_Edwards" title="John Edwards">Edwards</a>-care', and a totally revamped and remodeled '<a href="/wiki/Hillarycare" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillarycare">Hillary-care</a>' from the 1990s".<sup id="cite_ref-CNN20120625Obamacare_362-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN20120625Obamacare-362"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>362<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT20120325_363-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT20120325-363"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>363<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2007, <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> introduced it to political discourse, saying, "How can we get those people insured without raising taxes and without having government take over healthcare?' And let me tell you, if we don't do it, the Democrats will. If the Democrats do it, it will be socialized medicine; it'll be government-managed care. It'll be what's known as Hillarycare or Barack Obamacare, or whatever you want to call it."<sup id="cite_ref-CNN20120625Obamacare_362-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN20120625Obamacare-362"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>362<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By mid-2012, Obamacare had become the <a href="/wiki/Colloquial" class="mw-redirect" title="Colloquial">colloquial</a> term used both by supporters and opponents.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT20120803_361-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT20120803-361"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>361<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Obama eventually endorsed the nickname, saying, "I have no problem with people saying Obama cares. I do care."<sup id="cite_ref-364" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-364"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>364<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The use of "Obamacare" became increasingly rare, and at the <a href="/wiki/2024_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2024 Democratic National Convention">2024 Democratic National Convention</a>, Obama said, "I noticed, by the way, since it became popular, they don't call it 'Obamacare' no more."<sup id="cite_ref-365" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-365"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>365<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Common_misconceptions">Common misconceptions</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="&quot;Death_panels&quot;"><span id=".22Death_panels.22"></span>"Death panels"</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Death_panel" title="Death panel">Death panel</a></div> <p>On August 7, 2009, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Palin" title="Sarah Palin">Sarah Palin</a> created the term "<a href="/wiki/Death_panel" title="Death panel">death panels</a>" to describe groups who would decide whether sick patients were "worthy" of medical care.<sup id="cite_ref-Not_so_366-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Not_so-366"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>366<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "Death panel" referred to two claims about early drafts. </p><p>One was that under the law, seniors could be denied care due to their age<sup id="cite_ref-367" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-367"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>367<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the other that the government would advise seniors to end their lives instead of receiving care. The ostensible basis of these claims was the provision for an <a href="/wiki/Independent_Payment_Advisory_Board" title="Independent Payment Advisory Board">Independent Payment Advisory Board</a> (IPAB).<sup id="cite_ref-salon08132013_368-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-salon08132013-368"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>368<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> IPAB was given the authority to recommend cost-saving changes to Medicare by facilitating the adoption of cost-effective treatments and cost-recovering measures when statutory expenditure levels were exceeded within any given three-year period. In fact, the Board was prohibited from recommending changes that would reduce payments before 2020, and was prohibited from recommending changes in premiums, benefits, eligibility and taxes, or other changes that would result in rationing.<sup id="cite_ref-369" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-369"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>369<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-370" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-370"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>370<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The other related issue concerned <a href="/wiki/Advance_health_care_directive" class="mw-redirect" title="Advance health care directive">advance-care planning</a> consultation: <a href="/wiki/HR_3200#Reimbursement_for_counseling_about_living_wills" class="mw-redirect" title="HR 3200">a section of the House reform proposal</a> would have reimbursed physicians for providing patient-requested consultations for Medicare recipients on end-of-life health planning (which is covered by many private plans), enabling patients to specify, on request, the kind of care they wished to receive.<sup id="cite_ref-371" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-371"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>371<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The provision was not included in ACA.<sup id="cite_ref-372" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-372"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>372<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Pew_Research_Center" title="Pew Research Center">Pew Research Center</a> reported that 85% of Americans were familiar with the claim, and 30% believed it was true, backed by three contemporaneous polls.<sup id="cite_ref-373" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-373"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>373<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The allegation was named <a href="/wiki/PolitiFact" title="PolitiFact">PolitiFact</a>'s 2009 "Lie of the Year",<sup id="cite_ref-Not_so_366-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Not_so-366"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>366<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-374" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-374"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>374<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> one of <a href="/wiki/FactCheck.org" title="FactCheck.org">FactCheck.org</a>'s "whoppers"<sup id="cite_ref-375" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-375"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>375<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-376" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-376"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>376<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the most outrageous term by the <a href="/wiki/American_Dialect_Society" title="American Dialect Society">American Dialect Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-377" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-377"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>377<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/AARP" title="AARP">AARP</a> described such rumors as "rife with gross—and even cruel—distortions".<sup id="cite_ref-snopes1_378-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snopes1-378"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>378<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Members_of_Congress">Members of Congress</h4></div> <p>ACA requires members of Congress and their staffs to obtain health insurance either through an exchange or some other program approved by the law (such as Medicare), instead of using the insurance offered to federal employees (the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Employees_Health_Benefits_Program" title="Federal Employees Health Benefits Program">Federal Employees Health Benefits Program</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-379" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-379"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>379<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-380" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-380"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>380<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Illegal_immigrants">Illegal immigrants</h4></div> <p>ACA explicitly denies insurance subsidies to "unauthorized (illegal) <a href="/wiki/Alien_(law)" title="Alien (law)">aliens</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-cbouninsured_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbouninsured-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chaikind2011_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaikind2011-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-381" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-381"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>381<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Exchange_&quot;death_spiral&quot;"><span id="Exchange_.22death_spiral.22"></span>Exchange "death spiral"</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:County_By_County_Projected_Insurer_Participation_in_Health_Insurance_Exchanges.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/County_By_County_Projected_Insurer_Participation_in_Health_Insurance_Exchanges.png/300px-County_By_County_Projected_Insurer_Participation_in_Health_Insurance_Exchanges.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/County_By_County_Projected_Insurer_Participation_in_Health_Insurance_Exchanges.png/450px-County_By_County_Projected_Insurer_Participation_in_Health_Insurance_Exchanges.png 1.5x, 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The individual mandate was designed to push people to get insured without waiting. This has been called a "death spiral".<sup id="cite_ref-382" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-382"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>382<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the years after 2013, many insurers did leave specific marketplaces, claiming the risk pools were too small. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Median" title="Median">median</a> number of insurers per state was 4.0 in 2014, 5.0 in 2015, 4.0 in 2016 and 3.0 in 2017. Five states had one insurer in 2017, 13 had two, 11 had three; the remainder had four or more.<sup id="cite_ref-383" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-383"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>383<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="&quot;If_you_like_your_plan&quot;"><span id=".22If_you_like_your_plan.22"></span>"If you like your plan"</h4></div> <p>At various times during and after ACA debate Obama said, "If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan."<sup id="cite_ref-384" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-384"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>384<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ObamaPromise_385-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ObamaPromise-385"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>385<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, in fall 2013 millions of Americans with individual policies received notices that their insurance plans were terminated,<sup id="cite_ref-386" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-386"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>386<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and several million more risked seeing their current plans canceled.<sup id="cite_ref-387" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-387"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>387<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-388" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-388"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>388<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama's previous unambiguous assurance that consumers could keep their own plans became a focal point for critics, who challenged his truthfulness.<sup id="cite_ref-389" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-389"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>389<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-390" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-390"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>390<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Various bills were introduced in Congress to allow people to keep their plans.<sup id="cite_ref-391" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-391"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>391<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/PolitiFact" title="PolitiFact">PolitiFact</a> initially cited various estimates that only about 2% of the total insured population (4<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million out of 262 million) received such notices,<sup id="cite_ref-392" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-392"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>392<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but readers later voted Obama's claims as the 2013 "Lie of the Year".<sup id="cite_ref-393" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-393"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>393<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism_and_opposition">Criticism and opposition</h2></div> <p>Opposition and efforts to repeal the legislation have drawn support from sources that include labor unions,<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_332-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-332"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapo_394-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-394"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>394<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">conservative</a> advocacy groups,<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-20131018_395-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-20131018-395"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>395<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT-20140126_396-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-20140126-396"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>396<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Republicans, small business organizations and the <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement">Tea Party movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-397" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-397"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>397<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These groups claimed the law would disrupt existing health plans, increase costs from new insurance standards, and increase the deficit.<sup id="cite_ref-398" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-398"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>398<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some opposed the idea of <a href="/wiki/Universal_healthcare" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal healthcare">universal healthcare</a>, viewing insurance as similar to other unsubsidized goods.<sup id="cite_ref-399" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-399"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>399<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-400" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-400"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>400<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> repeatedly promised to "repeal and replace" it.<sup id="cite_ref-401" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-401"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>401<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-402" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-402"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>402<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Affordable_Care_Act&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup> unions that expressed concerns included the <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93CIO" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL–CIO">AFL–CIO</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AFLCIO_403-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFLCIO-403"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>403<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which called ACA "highly disruptive" to union health care plans, claiming it would drive up costs of union-sponsored plans; the <a href="/wiki/International_Brotherhood_of_Teamsters" title="International Brotherhood of Teamsters">International Brotherhood of Teamsters</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Food_and_Commercial_Workers_International_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="United Food and Commercial Workers International Union">United Food and Commercial Workers International Union</a>, and <a href="/wiki/UNITE-HERE" class="mw-redirect" title="UNITE-HERE">UNITE-HERE</a>, whose leaders sent a letter to Reid and Pelosi arguing, "PPACA will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40-hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class."<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_332-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-332"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In January 2014, Terry O'Sullivan, president of the <a href="/wiki/Laborers%27_International_Union_of_North_America" title="Laborers&#39; International Union of North America">Laborers' International Union of North America</a> (LIUNA) and <a href="/wiki/D._Taylor" title="D. Taylor">D. Taylor</a>, president of <a href="/wiki/UNITE_HERE" title="UNITE HERE">Unite Here</a> sent a letter to Reid and Pelosi stating, "ACA, as implemented, undermines fair marketplace competition in the health care industry."<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_394-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-394"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>394<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2016, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Dayton" title="Mark Dayton">Mark Dayton</a>, the governor of Minnesota and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party</a>, said ACA had "many good features" but it was "no longer affordable for increasing numbers of people"; he called on the state legislature to provide emergency relief to policyholders.<sup id="cite_ref-404" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-404"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>404<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Dayton later said he regretted his remarks after they were seized on by Republicans seeking to repeal the law.<sup id="cite_ref-405" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-405"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>405<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_challenges">Legal challenges</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_challenges_to_the_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Constitutional challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius" title="National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius">National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius</a>, <a href="/wiki/King_v._Burwell" title="King v. Burwell">King v. Burwell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Efforts_to_repeal_the_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius"><i>National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius</i></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius" title="National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius">National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius</a></div> <p>Opponents challenged ACA's constitutionality in multiple lawsuits on multiple grounds.<sup id="cite_ref-406" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-406"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>406<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-407" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-407"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>407<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Probably want one of the subsidiary pages to this page (May 2016)">failed verification</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> The Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that the individual mandate was constitutional when viewed as a tax, although <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_challenges_to_the_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act#U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">not</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Commerce_Clause" title="Commerce Clause">Commerce Clause</a>. </p><p>The Court further determined that states could not be forced to expand Medicaid. ACA withheld all Medicaid funding from states declining to participate in the expansion. The Court ruled that this was unconstitutionally coercive and that individual states had the right to opt out without losing preexisting Medicaid funding.<sup id="cite_ref-NatLawReview2012_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NatLawReview2012-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Contraception_mandate">Contraception mandate</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Burwell_v._Hobby_Lobby_Stores,_Inc." title="Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.">Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Little_Sisters_of_the_Poor_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Home_v._Pennsylvania" title="Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania">Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania</a></div> <p>In March 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a>, while supportive of ACA's objectives, voiced concern through the <a href="/wiki/USCCB" class="mw-redirect" title="USCCB">United States Conference of Catholic Bishops</a> that aspects of the mandate covering contraception and sterilization and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">HHS</a>'s narrow definition of a religious organization violated the <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="First Amendment to the United States Constitution">First Amendment</a> right to <a href="/wiki/Free_Exercise_Clause" title="Free Exercise Clause">free exercise of religion</a> and conscience. Various lawsuits addressed these concerns,<sup id="cite_ref-408" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-408"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>408<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-409" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-409"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>409<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> including <i><a href="/wiki/Burwell_v._Hobby_Lobby_Stores,_Inc." title="Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.">Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.</a></i>, which looked at private corporations and their duties under the ACA. </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Sisters_of_the_Poor_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Home_v._Pennsylvania" title="Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania">Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania</a></i>, the Supreme Court ruled 7–2 on July 8, 2020, that employers with religious or moral objections to contraceptives can exclude such coverage from an employee's insurance plan. Writing for the majority, Justice <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Thomas" title="Clarence Thomas">Clarence Thomas</a> said, "No language in the statute itself even hints that Congress intended that contraception should or must be covered. It was Congress, not the [administration], that declined to expressly require contraceptive coverage in the ACA itself." Justices Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh joined Thomas's opinion. Justice <a href="/wiki/Elena_Kagan" title="Elena Kagan">Elena Kagan</a> filed a concurring opinion in the judgment, in which <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Breyer" title="Stephen Breyer">Stephen Breyer</a> joined. Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor dissented, saying the court's ruling "leaves women workers to fend for themselves."<sup id="cite_ref-410" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-410"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>410<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a later lawsuit brought by private health insurance buyers and businesses, Judge <a href="/wiki/Reed_O%27Connor" title="Reed O&#39;Connor">Reed O'Connor</a> of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled in March 2023 that the ACA's provision of contraceptives, HIV testing, and screenings for cancer, diabetes, and mental health violated the plaintiffs' freedom of religious exercise, and placed an injunction on that portion of the ACA. The Biden administration planned to seek a hold on O'Connor's decision.<sup id="cite_ref-411" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-411"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>411<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="King_v_Burwell"><i>King v Burwell</i></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/King_v._Burwell" title="King v. Burwell">King v. Burwell</a></div> <p>On June 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 6–3, that federal subsidies for health insurance premiums could be used in the 34 states that did not set up their own insurance exchanges.<sup id="cite_ref-412" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-412"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>412<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="House_v._Price"><i>House v. Price</i></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/House_v._Price" class="mw-redirect" title="House v. Price">House v. Price</a></div> <p>House Republicans sued the Obama administration in 2014, alleging that cost-sharing reduction subsidy payments to insurers were unlawful because Congress had not appropriated funds to pay for them. The argument classified the CSR subsidy as discretionary spending subject to annual appropriation. In May 2016, a federal judge ruled for the plaintiffs, but the Obama administration appealed.<sup id="cite_ref-413" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-413"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>413<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later, President Trump ended the payments. This led to further litigation.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_414-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-414"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>414<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States_House_of_Representatives_v._Azar"><i>United States House of Representatives v. Azar</i></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_v._Azar" title="United States House of Representatives v. Azar">United States House of Representatives v. Azar</a></div> <p>The House sued the administration, alleging that the money for CSRs to insurers had not been appropriated, as required for any federal government spending. The ACA subsidy that helps customers pay premiums was not part of the suit. </p><p>Without the CSRs, the government estimated that premiums would increase by 20% to 30% for silver plans.<sup id="cite_ref-415" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-415"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>415<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2017, the uncertainty about whether the payments would continue caused Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina to try to raise premiums by 22.9% the next year, as opposed to an increase of 8.8% that it would have sought if the payments were assured.<sup id="cite_ref-416" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-416"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>416<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>U.S. District Judge <a href="/wiki/Rosemary_M._Collyer" title="Rosemary M. Collyer">Rosemary M. Collyer</a> ruled that the cost-sharing program was unconstitutional for spending money that has not been specifically provided by an act of Congress, but concluded that Congress had in fact authorized that program to be created. The judge also found that Congress had provided authority to cover the spending for the tax credits to consumers who use them to help afford health coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-Denniston_417-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Denniston-417"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>417<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Collyer enjoined further cost-sharing payments, but stayed the order pending appeal to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit</a>. The case ended in a settlement before the Circuit Court. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="California_v._Texas"><i>California v. Texas</i></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/California_v._Texas" title="California v. Texas">California v. Texas</a></div> <p>Texas and 19 other states filed a civil suit in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Texas" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas">United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas</a> in February 2018, arguing that with the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017">Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017</a>, which eliminated the tax for not having health insurance, the individual mandate no longer had a constitutional basis and thus the entire ACA was no longer constitutional.<sup id="cite_ref-418" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-418"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>418<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">Department of Justice</a> said it would no longer defend the ACA in court, but 17 states led by California stepped in to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_20181214_419-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn_20181214-419"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>419<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>District Judge <a href="/wiki/Reed_O%27Connor" title="Reed O&#39;Connor">Reed O'Connor</a> of Texas ruled for the plaintiffs on December 14, 2018, writing that the "Individual Mandate can no longer be fairly read as an exercise of Congress's Tax Power and is still impermissible under the Interstate Commerce Clause—meaning the Individual Mandate is unconstitutional." He then further reasoned that the individual mandate is an essential part of the entire law, and thus was not severable, making the entire law unconstitutional.<sup id="cite_ref-420" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-420"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>420<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-421" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-421"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>421<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> O'Connor's decision regarding severability turned on several passages from the Congressional debate that focused on the importance of the mandate.<sup id="cite_ref-422" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-422"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>422<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> While he ruled the law unconstitutional, he did not overturn the law.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_20181214_419-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn_20181214-419"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>419<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The intervening states appealed the decision to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fifth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit">Fifth Circuit</a>. These states argued that Congress's change in the tax was only reducing the amount of the tax, and that Congress had the power to write a stronger law to this end.<sup id="cite_ref-423" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-423"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>423<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapost_20181214_424-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapost_20181214-424"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>424<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> O'Connor stayed his decision pending the appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-425" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-425"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>425<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Fifth Circuit heard the appeal on July 9, 2019; in the interim, the U.S. Department of Justice joined with Republican states to argue that the ACA was unconstitutional, while the Democratic states were joined by the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives. An additional question was addressed, as the Republican plaintiffs challenged the Democratic states' <a href="/wiki/Standing_(law)" title="Standing (law)">standing</a> to defend the ACA.<sup id="cite_ref-426" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-426"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>426<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2019, the Fifth Circuit agreed the individual mandate was unconstitutional, but did not agree that the entire law should be voided. Instead, it remanded the case to the District Court for reconsideration of that question.<sup id="cite_ref-427" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-427"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>427<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Supreme Court accepted the case in March 2020, to be heard in the 2020–2021 term,<sup id="cite_ref-428" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-428"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>428<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with the ruling likely falling after the 2020 elections.<sup id="cite_ref-ollstein_429-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ollstein-429"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>429<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Democrats pointed out that the effect of invalidating the entire law would be to remove popular provisions such as the protection for preexisting conditions, and that the Republicans had still not offered any replacement plan—important issues in the 2020 elections.<sup id="cite_ref-ollstein_429-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ollstein-429"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>429<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 17, 2021, the Court rejected the challenge in a 7–2 decision, ruling that Texas and the other plaintiff states did not have standing to challenge the provision, leaving the full ACA intact.<sup id="cite_ref-430" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-430"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>430<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-431" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-431"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>431<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-432" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-432"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>432<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Risk_corridors_2">Risk corridors</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Maine_Community_Health_Options_v._United_States" title="Maine Community Health Options v. United States">Maine Community Health Options v. United States</a></div> <p>The Supreme Court ruled that promised risk corridor payments must be made even in the absence of specific appropriation of money by Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-cooperation">Non-cooperation</h4></div> <p>Officials in Texas, Florida, Alabama, Wyoming, Arizona, Oklahoma and Missouri opposed those elements over which they had discretion.<sup id="cite_ref-433" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-433"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>433<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ornstein_434-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ornstein-434"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>434<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For example, Missouri declined to expand Medicaid or <a href="/wiki/Delay_in_application_of_the_Individual_Health_Insurance_Mandate" class="mw-redirect" title="Delay in application of the Individual Health Insurance Mandate">establish a health insurance marketplace</a> engaging in active <a href="/wiki/Nonviolence#Noncooperation" title="Nonviolence">non-cooperation</a>, enacting a statute forbidding any state or local official to render any aid not specifically required by federal law.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT80213_435-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT80213-435"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>435<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other Republicans discouraged efforts to advertise the law's benefits. Some conservative political groups launched ad campaigns to discourage enrollment.<sup id="cite_ref-436" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-436"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>436<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-437" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-437"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>437<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Repeal_and_modification_efforts">Repeal and modification efforts</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Efforts_to_repeal_the_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a></div> <p>ACA was the subject of many unsuccessful repeal efforts by <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> in the <a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a>, <a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th</a>, and <a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a> Congresses: Representatives <a href="/wiki/Steve_King" title="Steve King">Steve King</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a> introduced bills in the House to repeal the ACA the day after it was signed, as did Senator <a href="/wiki/Jim_DeMint" title="Jim DeMint">Jim DeMint</a> in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-438" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-438"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>438<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2011, after Republicans gained control of the House, one of the first votes held was on a bill titled "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act" (H.R. 2), which the House passed 245–189.<sup id="cite_ref-439" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-439"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>439<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All Republicans and three Democrats voted for repeal.<sup id="cite_ref-440" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-440"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>440<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the Senate, the bill was offered as an amendment to an unrelated bill, but was voted down.<sup id="cite_ref-441" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-441"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>441<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> President Obama said he would <a href="/wiki/U.S._Presidential_veto" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Presidential veto">veto</a> the bill had it passed.<sup id="cite_ref-442" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-442"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>442<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2017_House_budget.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/2017_House_budget.pdf/page1-220px-2017_House_budget.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/2017_House_budget.pdf/page1-330px-2017_House_budget.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/2017_House_budget.pdf/page1-440px-2017_House_budget.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="1650" /></a><figcaption>2017 House Budget</figcaption></figure> <p>On February 3, 2015, the House of Representatives added its 67th repeal vote to the record (239 to 186). This attempt also failed.<sup id="cite_ref-443" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-443"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>443<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2013_federal_government_shutdown">2013 federal government shutdown</h4></div> <p>Strong partisan disagreement in Congress prevented adjustments to the Act's provisions.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT52613_444-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT52613-444"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>444<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> But at least one change, a proposed repeal of a tax on medical devices, received bipartisan support.<sup id="cite_ref-445" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>445<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some Congressional Republicans argued against improvements to the law on the grounds that they would weaken the arguments for repeal.<sup id="cite_ref-MandateRepeal_328-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MandateRepeal-328"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ChaitNotCollapsing_446-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChaitNotCollapsing-446"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>446<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Republicans attempted to defund the ACA's implementation,<sup id="cite_ref-Ornstein_434-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ornstein-434"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>434<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-447" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-447"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>447<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and in October 2013 House Republicans refused to fund the federal government unless it came with an implementation delay, after Obama unilaterally deferred the employer mandate by one year, which critics claimed he had no power to do. The House passed three versions of a bill funding the government while submitting various versions that would repeal or delay the ACA, with the last version delaying enforcement of the individual mandate. The Democratic Senate leadership said the Senate would pass only a bill without any restrictions on ACA. <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_government_shutdown_of_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="United States federal government shutdown of 2013">The government shutdown</a> lasted from October 1 to October 17.<sup id="cite_ref-448" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-448"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>448<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beutler_449-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beutler-449"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>449<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-450" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-450"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>450<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2017_repeal_effort">2017 repeal effort</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2017_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act_replacement_proposals" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act replacement proposals">2017 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act replacement proposals</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg/220px-John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg/330px-John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg/440px-John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>McCain votes no on repealing the Affordable Care Act by giving a thumbs down.</figcaption></figure> <p>During a midnight congressional session starting January 11, the Senate of the <a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th Congress of the United States</a> voted to approve a "budget blueprint" that would allow <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> to repeal parts of the law "without threat of a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Filibuster" title="Filibuster">filibuster</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-451" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-451"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>451<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-452" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-452"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>452<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The plan, which passed 51–48, was named by Senate Republicans the "Obamacare 'repeal resolution.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<sup id="cite_ref-453" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-453"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>453<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Democrats opposing the resolution staged a protest during the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-454" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-454"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>454<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Republican_Conference_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives">House Republicans</a> announced their replacement, the <a href="/wiki/American_Health_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="American Health Care Act">American Health Care Act</a>, on March 6.<sup id="cite_ref-455" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-455"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>455<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On March 24, the AHCA failed amid a revolt among Republican representatives.<sup id="cite_ref-456" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-456"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>456<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 4 the House voted to pass the AHCA by a margin of 217 to 213.<sup id="cite_ref-457" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-457"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>457<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Senate Republican leadership announced that Senate Republicans would write their own version of the bill instead of voting on the House version.<sup id="cite_ref-458" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-458"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>458<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate">Leader</a> McConnell named a group of 13 Republicans to draft the substitute version in private, raising bipartisan concerns about lack of transparency.<sup id="cite_ref-459" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-459"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>459<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-460" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-460"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>460<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-461" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-461"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>461<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On June 22, Republicans released the first discussion draft, which renamed it the "Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017" (BCRA).<sup id="cite_ref-462" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-462"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>462<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On July 25, although no amendment proposal had garnered majority support, Republicans voted to advance the bill to the floor and begin formal consideration of amendments. Senators <a href="/wiki/Susan_Collins" title="Susan Collins">Susan Collins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Murkowski" title="Lisa Murkowski">Lisa Murkowski</a> were the only two dissenting Republicans, making the vote a 50–50 tie. Vice President <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a> then cast the tie-breaking vote in the affirmative.<sup id="cite_ref-463" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-463"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>463<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The revised BCRA failed, 43–57. A subsequent "Obamacare Repeal and Reconciliation Act" abandoned the "repeal and replace" approach in favor of a straight repeal, but that too failed, 45–55. Finally, the "Health Care Freedom Act", nicknamed "skinny repeal" because it would have made the least change to ACA, failed by 49–51, with Collins, Murkowski, and McCain joining all Democrats and independents in voting against it.<sup id="cite_ref-464" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-464"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>464<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Proposed_changes_in_2024">Proposed changes in 2024</h4></div> <p>Donald Trump, who has historically opposed the ACA,<sup id="cite_ref-465" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-465"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>465<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-466" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-466"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>466<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-467" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-467"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>467<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> has said during the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2024 United States presidential debates">2024 United States presidential debates</a> that he plans to modify or scrap sections it, saying he has "proposals." <a href="/wiki/JD_Vance" title="JD Vance">JD Vance</a> has said that Trump intends to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions or <a href="/wiki/Disability" title="Disability">disability</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Social_safety_net" title="Social safety net">subsidized insurance</a> replaced with private insurance.<sup id="cite_ref-468" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-468"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>468<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-469" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-469"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>469<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-470" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-470"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>470<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kamala Harris has said she will "maintain and grow" the ACA.<sup id="cite_ref-471" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-471"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>471<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-472" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-472"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>472<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Actions_to_hinder_implementation">Actions to hinder implementation</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2-TCJA_Number_Uninsured_v1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/2-TCJA_Number_Uninsured_v1.png/440px-2-TCJA_Number_Uninsured_v1.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/2-TCJA_Number_Uninsured_v1.png/660px-2-TCJA_Number_Uninsured_v1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/2-TCJA_Number_Uninsured_v1.png/880px-2-TCJA_Number_Uninsured_v1.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—number of additional persons uninsured<sup id="cite_ref-473" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-473"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>473<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Under both the ACA (current law) and the AHCA, the CBO reported that the health exchange marketplaces would remain stable.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO_Score1_474-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO_Score1-474"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>474<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> But Republican politicians took a variety of steps to undermine it, creating uncertainty that adversely impacted enrollment and insurer participation while increasing premiums.<sup id="cite_ref-475" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-475"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>475<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Concern about the exchanges became another argument for reforms. Past and ongoing Republican attempts to weaken the law have included: </p> <ul><li>Lawsuits such as <i><a href="/wiki/King_v._Burwell" title="King v. Burwell">King v. Burwell</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/House_v._Price" class="mw-redirect" title="House v. Price">House v. Price</a></i>.</li> <li>President Trump ended the payment of <a href="/wiki/Cost_sharing_reductions_subsidy" title="Cost sharing reductions subsidy">cost-sharing reduction</a> subsidies to insurers on October 12, 2017. CBO estimated in September 2017 that discontinuing the payments would add an average of 15–20 percentage points to health insurance costs on the exchanges in 2018 while increasing the budget deficit nearly $200 billion over a decade.<sup id="cite_ref-VoxCBO1_476-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VoxCBO1-476"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>476<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In response, insurers sued the government for reimbursement. Various cases are under appeal as of 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_414-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-414"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>414<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Several insurers and actuarial groups estimated this resulted in a 20 percentage point or more increase in premiums for the 2018 plan year. In other words, premium increases expected to be 10% or less in 2018 became 28–40% instead.<sup id="cite_ref-477" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-477"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>477<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-478" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-478"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>478<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The insurers would need to make up the $7 billion they had previously received in cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) by raising premiums. Since most premiums are subsidized, the federal government would cover most of the increases. CBO also estimated that initially up to one million fewer people would have health insurance coverage, although rising subsidies might eventually offset this. The 85% of enrollees who received subsidies would be unaffected. CBO expected the exchanges to remain stable (i.e., no "death spiral" before or after Trump's action) as the premiums would increase and prices would stabilize at the higher (non-CSR) level.<sup id="cite_ref-479" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-479"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>479<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Several insurance companies who sued the United States for failure to pay CSRs won cases in 2018 and 2019. The judiciary decided the insurance companies are entitled to unpaid CSRs.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_414-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-414"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>414<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-480" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-480"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>480<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 2015 appropriations bill had a rider that ended the payment of risk corridor funds. This was repeated in later years. This resulted in the bankruptcy of many co-ops. This action was attributed to Senator <a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-481" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-481"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>481<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The cutoff generated some 50 lawsuits. The Supreme Court granted <a href="/wiki/Certiorari" title="Certiorari">certiorari</a> in 2019 in the case <i><a href="/wiki/Maine_Community_Health_Options_v._United_States" title="Maine Community Health Options v. United States">Maine Community Health Options v. United States</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-482" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-482"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>482<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-483" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-483"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>483<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-484" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-484"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>484<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Trump weakened the individual mandate with his first executive order, which limited enforcement of the tax. For example, tax returns without indications of health insurance ("silent returns") will still be processed, overriding Obama's instructions to reject them.<sup id="cite_ref-485" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-485"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>485<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Trump reduced funding for advertising for exchange enrollment by up to 90%, with other reductions to support resources used to answer questions and help people sign-up for coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-486" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-486"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>486<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The CBO said the reductions would reduce ACA enrollment.<sup id="cite_ref-VoxCBO1_476-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VoxCBO1-476"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>476<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Trump reduced the enrollment period for 2018 by half, to 45 days.<sup id="cite_ref-487" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-487"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>487<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Trump made public statements that the exchanges were unstable or in a <a href="/wiki/Death_spiral_(insurance)" title="Death spiral (insurance)">death spiral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-488" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-488"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>488<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Socialism_debate">Socialism debate</h3></div> <p>Many economically conservative opponents called the ACA "<a href="/wiki/Socialist" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist">socialist</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Socialized_medicine" title="Socialized medicine">socialized medicine</a>", pointing to the government redistribution of wealth via subsidies for low-income purchasers, expansion of the government-run Medicaid insurance, government requirements as to what products can be sold on the exchanges, and the individual mandate, which reduces freedom of consumer choice to be uninsured.<sup id="cite_ref-489" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-489"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>489<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-490" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-490"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>490<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-491" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-491"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>491<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other observers considered the law a relatively capitalist or "regulated free-market" means of paying for near-universal health care, because it creates new marketplaces with choices for consumers, largely relies on private employers and private health insurance companies, maintains private ownership of hospitals and doctor's offices, and was originally advocated for by economic conservatives as a capitalist alternative to <a href="/wiki/Single-payer_health_care" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-payer health care">single-payer health care</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-492" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-492"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>492<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-no_sense_493-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-no_sense-493"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>493<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-obamacarefacts_494-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obamacarefacts-494"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>494<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some pointed out that the previous system also had socialist aspects. Even for-profit private health insurance companies socialize risk and redistribute wealth from people who have it (all premium payers) to those who need it (by paying for medically necessary healthcare).<sup id="cite_ref-obamacarefacts_494-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obamacarefacts-494"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>494<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The requirement to provide emergency care also forced redistribution from people who pay insurance premiums to those who choose to be uninsured, when they visit the emergency room.<sup id="cite_ref-no_sense_493-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-no_sense-493"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>493<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some Obamacare supporters accused conservatives of using the term "socialism" as a scare tactic for Obamacare as it was for Medicare and Medicaid,<sup id="cite_ref-obamacarefacts_494-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obamacarefacts-494"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>494<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and some embraced the label "socialism" as desirable, distinguishing <a href="/wiki/Democratic_socialism" title="Democratic socialism">democratic socialism</a> as most desirable for education and health care,<sup id="cite_ref-495" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-495"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>495<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">communism</a> as undesirable.<sup id="cite_ref-obamacarefacts_494-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obamacarefacts-494"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>494<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Milos Forman opined that critics "falsely equate Western European-style socialism, and its government provision of social insurance and health care, with Marxist–Leninist totalitarianism".<sup id="cite_ref-496" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-496"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>496<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Implementation">Implementation</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Implementation_history_of_the_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Implementation history of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Implementation history of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a></div> <p>In 2010 small business tax credits took effect.<sup id="cite_ref-hist_497-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-497"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>497<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Then <a href="/wiki/Pre-existing_Condition_Insurance_Plan" title="Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan">Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan</a> (PCIP) took effect to offer insurance to those who had been denied coverage by private insurance companies because of a preexisting condition.<sup id="cite_ref-hist_497-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-497"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>497<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 2011, insurers had stopped marketing child-only policies in 17 states, as they sought to escape this requirement.<sup id="cite_ref-498" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-498"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>498<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius" title="National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius">National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius</a></i> the Supreme Court allowed states to opt out of the Medicaid expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-499" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-499"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>499<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-500" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-500"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>500<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-501" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-501"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>501<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a> ruled that the cost of covering only the individual employee would be considered in determining whether the cost of coverage exceeded 9.5% of income. Family plans would not be considered even if the cost was above the 9.5% income threshold.<sup id="cite_ref-502" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-502"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>502<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-503" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-503"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>503<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On July<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2 Obama delayed the employer mandate until 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-CohnDelay_326-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CohnDelay-326"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-treasurystatement_504-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-treasurystatement-504"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>504<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-REG-138006-12_505-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-REG-138006-12-505"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>505<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The launch for both the state and federal exchanges was beset by management and technical failings. <a href="/wiki/HealthCare.gov" title="HealthCare.gov">HealthCare.gov</a>, the website that offers insurance through the exchanges operated by the federal government, crashed on opening and suffered many problems.<sup id="cite_ref-506" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-506"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>506<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Operations stabilized in 2014, although not all planned features were complete.<sup id="cite_ref-507" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-507"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>507<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-508" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-508"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>508<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office" title="Government Accountability Office">Government Accountability Office</a> released a non-partisan study in 2014 that concluded the administration had not provided "effective planning or oversight practices" in developing the exchanges.<sup id="cite_ref-AP-20140731_509-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-20140731-509"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>509<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/Burwell_v._Hobby_Lobby" class="mw-redirect" title="Burwell v. Hobby Lobby">Burwell v. Hobby Lobby</a></i> the Supreme Court exempted closely held corporations with religious convictions from the contraception rule.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_510-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-510"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>510<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the beginning of the 2015, 11.7 million had signed up (ex-Medicaid).<sup id="cite_ref-511" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-511"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>511<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By the end of the year about 8.8 million consumers had stayed in the program.<sup id="cite_ref-512" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-512"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>512<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Congress repeatedly delayed the onset of the "<a href="/wiki/Cadillac_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Cadillac tax">Cadillac tax</a>" on expensive insurance plans first until 2020<sup id="cite_ref-513" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-513"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>513<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and later until 2022 and repealed it in late 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_97-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>An estimated 9 to 10 million people had gained Medicaid coverage in 2016, mostly low-income adults. The five major national insurers expected to lose money on ACA policies in 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-514" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-514"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>514<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in part because the enrollees were lower income, older and sicker than expected.<sup id="cite_ref-515" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-515"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>515<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than 9.2 million people (3.0 million new customers and 6.2 million returning) enrolled on the national exchange in 2017, down some 400,000 from 2016. This decline was due primarily to the election of President Trump.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_NYT2017_516-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_NYT2017-516"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>516<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The eleven states that run their own exchanges signed up about 3<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million more.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_NYT2017_516-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA_NYT2017-516"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>516<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The IRS announced that it would not require that tax returns indicate a person has health insurance, reducing the effectiveness of the individual mandate, in response to Trump's executive order.<sup id="cite_ref-517" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-517"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>517<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The CBO reported in March that the healthcare exchanges were expected to be stable.<sup id="cite_ref-CBO_Score1_474-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBO_Score1-474"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>474<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In May the House voted to repeal the ACA using the American Health Care Act (AHCA), but the AHCA was defeated in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-518" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-518"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>518<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-519" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-519"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>519<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set the individual mandate penalty at $0 starting in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-hatchsays_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hatchsays-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The CBO estimated that the change would cause 13 million fewer people to have health insurance in 2027.<sup id="cite_ref-520" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-520"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>520<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2017 Individual Market Stabilization Bill was proposed to fund cost cost-sharing reductions,<sup id="cite_ref-521" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-521"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>521<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> provide more flexibility for state waivers, allow a new "Copper Plan" offering only catastrophic coverage, allow interstate insurance compacts, and redirect consumer fees to states for outreach. The bill failed. </p><p>By 2019, 35 states and the District of Columbia had either expanded coverage via traditional Medicaid or via an alternative program.<sup id="cite_ref-522" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-522"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>522<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/SNL" class="mw-redirect" title="SNL">SNL</a></i> presented a sketch in October 2009 about the legislation's gridlock, with <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">Dwayne Johnson</a> playing an angry President Obama confronting three senators opposing the plan.<sup id="cite_ref-523" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-523"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>523<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The show aired another sketch in September 2013 with <a href="/wiki/Jay_Pharoah" title="Jay Pharoah">Jay Pharoah</a> as President Obama rolling out the plan to the public, and <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Paul" title="Aaron Paul">Aaron Paul</a> and other cast members playing ordinary Americans helping him in advocating for the legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-524" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-524"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>524<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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(2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yZLJrmNoEzkC"><i>Introduction to U.S. Health Policy: The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America</i></a>. 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"Access to affordable care through public libraries". <i>The Library Quarterly</i>. <b>86</b> (2). University of Chicago Press: 193–212. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1086%2F685400">10.1086/685400</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0024-2519">0024-2519</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/26561661">26561661</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/01755858">01755858</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:147627006">147627006</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Library+Quarterly&amp;rft.atitle=Access+to+affordable+care+through+public+libraries&amp;rft.volume=86&amp;rft.issue=2&amp;rft.pages=193-212&amp;rft.date=2016-04&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F26561661%23id-name%3DJSTOR&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1086%2F685400&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F01755858&amp;rft.issn=0024-2519&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A147627006%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft.aulast=Bossaler&amp;rft.aufirst=Jenny+S.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAffordable+Care+Act" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tCTt0sq2vaEC"><i>CCH's Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Including Reconciliation Act Impact</i></a>. Chicago, IL: Wolters Kluwer Law &amp; Business. 2010. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8080-2287-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8080-2287-9"><bdi>978-0-8080-2287-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=CCH%27s+Law%2C+Explanation+and+Analysis+of+the+Patient+Protection+and+Affordable+Care+Act%3A+Including+Reconciliation+Act+Impact&amp;rft.place=Chicago%2C+IL&amp;rft.pub=Wolters+Kluwer+Law+%26+Business&amp;rft.date=2010&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-8080-2287-9&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DtCTt0sq2vaEC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAffordable+Care+Act" class="Z3988"></span> Two volumes: This book contains an editorially enhanced version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that integrates in place changes made to it by the Reconciliation Act of 2010. ... 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"What Health Reform Tells Us about American Politics". <i>Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law</i>. <b>45</b> (4): 581–593. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1215%2F03616878-8255505">10.1215/03616878-8255505</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0361-6878">0361-6878</a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/76646971">76646971</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/2115780">2115780</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32186336">32186336</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:212752729">212752729</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health+Politics%2C+Policy+and+Law&amp;rft.atitle=What+Health+Reform+Tells+Us+about+American+Politics&amp;rft.volume=45&amp;rft.issue=4&amp;rft.pages=581-593&amp;rft.date=2020&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A212752729%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1215%2F03616878-8255505&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F2115780&amp;rft.issn=0361-6878&amp;rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F76646971&amp;rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F32186336&amp;rft.aulast=Jacobs&amp;rft.aufirst=Lawrence+R.&amp;rft.au=Mettler%2C+Suzanne&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAffordable+Care+Act" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preliminary_CBO_documents">Preliminary CBO documents</h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10868">Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Incorporating The Manager's Amendment</a>. United States. Congressional Budget Office December 19, 2009. (Cost estimate) <ul><li>Effects Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act On The Federal Budget And The Balance In The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (December 23, 2009)</li> <li>Estimated Effect Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act (Incorporating The Manager's Amendment) On The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (December 23, 2009)</li></ul></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10731">Base Analysis—H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>, United States. Congressional Budget Office. November 18, 2009. (Cost estimate)<br /><small>(The additional and related CBO reporting that follows can be accessed from the above link)</small> <ul><li>Estimated Distribution Of Individual Mandate Penalties (November 20, 2009)</li> <li>Estimated Effects On Medicare Advantage Enrollment And Benefits Not Covered By Medicare (November 21, 2009)</li> <li>Estimated Effects On The Status Of The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (November 21, 2009)</li> <li>Estimated Average Premiums Under Current Law (December 5, 2009)</li> <li>Additional Information About Employment-Based Coverage (December 7, 2009)</li> <li>Budgetary Treatment Of Proposals To Regulate Medical Loss Ratios (December 13, 2009)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CMS_Estimates_of_the_impact_of_P.L._111-148">CMS Estimates of the impact of P.L. 111-148</h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cms.gov/ActuarialStudies/downloads/PPACA_2010-04-22.pdf">Estimated Financial Effects of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", as Amended</a>. April 22, 2010.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cms.gov/ActuarialStudies/Downloads/PPACA_Medicare_2010-04-22.pdf">Estimated Effects of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", as Amended, on the Year of Exhaustion for the Part A Trust Fund, Part B Premiums, and Part A and Part B Coinsurance Amounts</a>. April 22, 2010.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CMS_Estimates_of_the_impact_of_H.R._3590">CMS Estimates of the impact of H.R. 3590</h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cms.gov/ActuarialStudies/Downloads/S_PPACA_2009-12-10.pdf">Estimated Financial Effects of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009", as Proposed by the Senate Majority Leader on November 18, 2009</a>. December 10, 2009.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cms.gov/ActuarialStudies/Downloads/S_PPACA_Medicare_2009-12-10.pdf">Estimated Effects of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" on the Year of Exhaustion for the Part A Trust Fund, Part B Premiums, and Part A and Part B Coinsurance Amounts</a>. December 10, 2009.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senate_Finance_Committee_meetings">Senate Finance Committee meetings</h3></div> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120802043711/http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/search-results.php?organization=%22Finance%22&amp;organization=%22Senate+Committee%22&amp;date-from=01/06/2009&amp;date-to=01/02/2011">Senate Finance Committee Hearings for the 111th Congress recorded by C-SPAN</a>; also available from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130111185729/http://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/index.cfm?PageNum_rs=1&amp;maxrows=100">Finance.Senate.Gov (accessed April 1, 2012).</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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