The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), often shortened to the  Affordable Care Act (ACA) or nicknamed Obamacare, is a United States federal  statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by  President Barack Obama on ..... Citizens who live in states that opt out of the  Medicaid expansion and who ...
The law has also begun the process of transforming health care payment  systems ... Despite successful efforts in the 1980s and 1990s to expand coverage  for ... her coverage due to rapidly escalating premiums and found herself facing a  new ... States that decided to expand their Medicaid programs saw larger  reductions in ...
Mar 5, 2018 ... You've heard about the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare. ... Affordable Care  Act was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. ..... can still face  a tax penalty if they do not maintain qualifying health insurance in 2018. ... 12  Medicaid Expansion Enrollments (http://kff.org/health-reform/state- ...
Aug 29, 2018 ... President Barack Obama's health care reform plan became law in 2010 as the ...  First, it made coverage affordable for more people. ... That mandate was legally  challenged. ... The Federal government would expand funding for Medicaid. ... It  was offered to states where there was a proven lack of affordable ...
Mar 5, 2013 ... In the wake of a 2012 Supreme Court ruling, states face complex decisions  concerning ... in the Affordable Care Act (ACA, commonly referred to as  Obamacare). ... The ACA intended to expand health insurance coverage for the  previously ... The new law mandated that state Medicaid plans expand to cover ...
States still face a "mandate" to expand Medicaid coverage under President Obama's health care reform law.