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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, referred to as the Affordable Care Act or “ACA” for short, is the comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010.
The “Affordable Care Act” (ACA) is the name for the comprehensive health care reform law (passed in 2010) and its amendments. The law addresses health insurance coverage, health care costs, and preventive care.
About the Affordable Care Act Learn how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) makes health care in America more affordable for you and protects your right to access the care you need.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law on March 23, 2010. The ACA has led to millions of Americans gaining health coverage without lifetime limits, and protections are in place for people with preexisting c...
Section 1557 is the nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in health programs or activities...
Health insurance companies cannot refuse coverage or charge you more just because you have a “pre-existing condition” — that is, a health problem you had before the date that new health coverage starts.
Lifetime Limits Insurance companies can no longer set a dollar limit on what they spend on essential health benefits for your care during the entire time you’re enrolled in that plan. Previously, health plans set a li...
When Someone Turns 26 Your coverage will end on your 26th birthday. When you lose coverage on your 26th birthday, you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period. This lets you enroll in a health plan outside Open Enrollment.
On May 6, 2024, OCR published a final rule updating regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (Section 1557),1 which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or ...
Section 1557 is important to achieving the ACA’s goals of expanding access to health care and coverage, eliminating barriers, and reducing health disparities. Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race...
