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Affordable Care Goals

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The Affordable Care Act is composed of two pieces of legislation which are referred to as the the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. The Affordable Care act was passed by Congress and then signed into law by President Obama on March 23rd, 2010. As a whole the Affordable Care Act has specific goals to expand coverage, hold insurance companies accountable, lower health care costs, expand choices for health care and most importantly, improve the quality of health care for all Americans. Another goal of the Affordable Care Act is to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income Americans who cannot afford to pay out of pockets costs or have private health care insurance. More specifically,

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