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Affordable Care Act

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noun

  1. formal name for Obamacare. ACA


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She burrowed deep in the recesses of the early Obama administration, welding together the voluminous Affordable Care Act.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

There are other initiatives to expand access, including another bill Newsom signed last year that would include infertility coverage for individual and small group health insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Millions of Americans dropped their Affordable Care Act plans when subsidies expired and now struggle to pay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Would she qualify for an Affordable Care Act Marketplace plan through a special enrollment period because she lost her job and employer-sponsored coverage?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

Major provisions of the Affordable Care Act had also gone into effect, with young people allowed to remain longer on their parents’ insurance policies and companies prevented from capping a patient’s lifetime coverage.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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