How did the affordable care act get passed

        1. How did obamacare get passed in congress

          2. How did obamacare pass the senate

        2. Affordable care act pros and cons
        3. Is obama care still in effect
        4. Obamacare enrollment
        5. Affordable care act history timeline

          6. Is obama care still in effect!

          Implementation history of the Affordable Care Act

          The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 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 PresidentBarack Obama on March 23, 2010.

          Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 amendment, it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.[1][2][3] Once the law was signed, provisions began taking effect, in a process that continued for years.

          Some provisions never took effect, while others were deferred for various periods.[citation needed]

          Existing individual health plans

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          Plans purchased after the date of enactment, March 23, 2010, or old plans that changed in specified ways would eventually have to be replaced by ACA-compliant plans.[citation needed]

          At various times during and after the ACA debate, Oba