Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

President Obama signs the ACA into law.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. The law's many provisions include the creation of public healthcare marketplaces, and requirements that insurance companies cover all participants at the same rate regardless of pre-existing conditions or gender. Read about what the ACA means for you here: http://www.healthcare.gov.

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