Affordable Care Act

American  

noun

1. formal name for Obamacare. ACA

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Example Sentences

There have been nearly 10 over the past couple of Congresses, including on bills to release the Epstein files and extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 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

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

Here’s help in sorting out what the expiration of the enhanced subsidies for insurance provided under the Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare, means in the Golden State.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 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