How many people need the Affordable Care Act?

Twenty million people have gained health insurance coverage through the law. •. In 2013, the year before the ACA took effect, 16.6 percent of the population under age 65 was uninsured, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. In the first quarter of 2016, only 10 percent of the population under age 65 was uninsured. read more

I don’t *need* it, because my family pays TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR to buy health insurance for three people. $24,000. But when my kid got hit by a car (shattered spleen, lacerated kidney, lots of internal bleeding. read more

The health care law, sometimes known as "Obamacare," was signed March 23, 2010. Read the full law The law has 2 parts: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. read more

The Affordable Care Act allows states to expand Medicaid to people not previously eligible, including some people above the poverty level – but the United States Supreme Court in 2012 ruled that expansion was optional for states. read more