DATA
Emun Ghorbani & Aryan Nassiri
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act A.K.A Obamacare
Goals
1. Make health care more affordable
2. Allow the Medicaid program to apply to more people with incomes below the federal poverty level
Lowered the federal deficit
ACA will contuine to save federal dollars through at least 2025
Mix of new spending and taxes, along with cuts to the federal Medicare Program
Reduced inequality
Narrowed the gap between the rich and the poor
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Subsidized health insuarnce for those with low and middle incomes
Made Americans More financially secure
bills in collection have declined
Protect people from catastrophic bills
More comprehensive
maternity care
treatment for drug addiction
What does this Law do?
Allows health insurance available
to more and more citizens that can't
afford it. It also gives subsidies to
more families.
Expanding Medicaid to all adults in states that embraced the program
Expanding employer coverage to millions of employees
Improving medicare for seniors and those with long term disablitlities
Support innovative medical care delivery methods designed to lower the cost of health care generally
Interest groups
Opposers
High Income individuals
Tax Increase
Republicans
When the held the vote on whether or not to pass it all of the Republicans voted against the Bill.
Supporters
National Womens Law Center
Said that the ACA gave many women the access to comprehensive care that has frequently been out of reach in the past
People with Life Threatening Health Issues
Cancer, Diabetes, Heart disease, HIV-AIDS
Organizing For Action(OFA)
They used TV ads and major donations
worth millions to help Obamacare
