Health care up close: What else the Affordable Care Act does
Read the sidebar article on providers as employers.
It’s hard to believe that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed only two and a half years ago. I’ve lived in Washington, D.C., and worked on federal policy for almost six years, and it strains my memory to recall a time when this town wasn’t besieged by rallies and protests about the health-care reform law.
Yet despite this endless debate, there is widespread ignorance about what the ACA actually does. People often point out this fact and go on to explain the law’s consumer-focused and generally popular provisions, such as the rule allowing young adults up to age 26 to stay on their parents’ insurance plan and the rule that prevents people from being excluded from coverage because of a preexisting condition.
