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Affordable Care Act

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noun

  1. formal name for Obamacare. ACA


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That’s true for self-employed workers, entrepreneurs and early retirees buying plans through Affordable Care Act exchanges.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Centene expects its Affordable Care Act enrollment to drop to 3.5 million by the end of Q1, from 5.5 million in December.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Mahajan noted that the clinics were established decades ago, before the Affordable Care Act expanded Medi-Cal coverage and increased the number of federally qualified health centers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Before that, she covered healthcare policy through three major Supreme Court cases over the Affordable Care Act, and during the first Trump administration, she was a White House reporter and an immigration policy reporter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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