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Affordability based on self only not 2-party or family. Timeline of the Affordable Care Act. Read the Actual Law. The Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress and then signed into law by the President on March 23, 2010.On June 28, 2012 the Supreme Court rendered a final decision to uphold the health care law.

Read the Actual Law

Below you will find all 10 Titles of the Affordable Care Act, with amendments to the law called for by the reconciliation process. Click on each Title to see a brief outline and then read the law section by section. Title I. Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans This Act puts individuals, families and small business owners in control of their health care. Americans without insurance coverage will be able to choose the insurance coverage that works best for them in a new open, competitive insurance market – the same insurance market that every member of Congress will be required to use for their insurance.

It keeps insurance companies honest by setting clear rules that rein in the worst insurance industry abuses. Sec. 1001. Sec. 1002. Sec. 1003. Sec. 1004. Sec. 1101. America's Health Insurance Plans - Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will expand access to coverage and take steps toward delivery system reform, but will raise costs and disrupt coverage for individual market customers, employers, and seniors. Tens of millions of Americans will gain access to health insurance, a goal that health plans have long supported. The ACA also includes a number of important consumer protections that many health plans implemented before they were required by law, such as the provision allowing young adults up to the age of 26 to stay on their parents’ policies.

The new law takes a number of preliminary, but promising, steps toward reforming the delivery system to improve patient safety and quality in Medicare and Medicaid. Many of these initiatives build on successful private-sector programs that health plans have pioneered and implemented. The ACA also includes major provisions that will raise costs and disrupt the coverage on which millions of people rely today. 1/1/14 Provisions Age Rating Exchanges. Health Reform Provisions. Awesome Health Reform Videos. These videos provide a clear discussion of specific provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Reform), and how they affect you.

The Basics of Health Reform (And Why It Matters) Find out how Health Reform affects you as an employer, consumer or someone who pays for health services. View video Administrative Simplification and the Affordable Care Act Paying for a doctor visit or seeing a specialist often involves complex paperwork. Adult Child Coverage Appeals Under the Affordable Care Act If your health plan denies payment for a treatment that you believe should be covered, you have the right to challenge that decision and appeal it.

FSA, HSA, HRA Changes Learn about changes to these health spending accounts, particularly over-the-counter medications, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Grandfathered Plans Some provisions of the health reform law may not apply to grandfathered plans. Is Grandfathered Status Right for Your Health Plan? W-2 Reporting.