HEALTHCARE POLICY LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATION: PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OF 2010

• Published in: Journal of health and human services administration 2015-04, Vol.37 (4), p.407-411
• Main Author: MARTIN, EDWARD J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Business; Constitutional law; Courts; Credit insurance; Education; Employer provided health insurance; Grandfather provisions; Health administration; Health care costs; Health care expenditures; Health care industry; Health care policy; Health care reform; Health insurance; Health insurance industry; Health legislation; Health policy; Health Services Accessibility - economics; Insurance; Insurance coverage; Insurance policies; Law; Legislation; Medicaid; Medicaid program; Medical law; Medical service; Medicare; Obama, Barack; Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - economics; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - legislation & jurisprudence; Patients; Policy Making; Poverty; Regulation; State government; Subsidies; Supreme Court decisions; United States; United States Supreme court
• ISSN: 1079-3739; 2168-5509
• DOI: 10.1177/107937391503700401

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is a United States federal statute signed into law by Pres Barack Obama on Mar 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (an amendment to the ACA signed Mar 30, 2010), it represents the most significant regulatory overhaul of the country's healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. On Jun 28, 2012, the US Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of most of the ACA in the case National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius. However, the Court held that states cannot be forced to participate in the ACA's Medicaid funding. Since the ruling, the law and its implementation have continued to face challenges in Congress, in federal courts, and from some state governments. A grandfather clause exempts policies issued before 2010 from many of the changes to insurance standards, but are affected by other provisions.