Obamacare: What is it?

• March 2010 Law Explained
• March 2010 Law
  • Reasons for future higher costs and higher taxes
  • Additional cost burdens
  • Government intrusions
  • What “affordable care” means
  • Complexity compared to simplicity
  • Including a link to a side-by-side comparison to our recommended solution
  • The bottomline about the Affordable Care Act
  • Select here to see more.
• Votes in March 2010
  • What Democrats voted “No” to the Affordable Care Act
• Financial Impact
  • Cost = more than $300 billion more than if no law had been established
• Section-by-Section Analysis
  • Long list of entire sections of the law that will cause health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs to skyrocket.
  • Over 600 reasons why taxes will increase.

Obamacare

The term “Obamacare” was established by those who did not like and do not like what became the Affordable Care Act of 2010. The law is referred to twice as often as “Obamacare” as it is the “Affordable Care Act”, at least as seen by doing a search on the internet.

By 2011 there were differing opinions about whether or not Obamacare should be used and differing opinions about whether the term “Obamacare” would be seen historically as a positive term or a negative one.

Title(s) of the Laws

Formal titles.

The Affordable Care Act of 2010

The title “Affordable Care Act of 2010” is a title that is given to the following combination of law and amendment:

The law.
The “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 ” (PPACA).
     It is Public Law 111-148 of the 111th Congress,
     signed by the president on 3/23/2010.

The amendment to the law.
The “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010” (HCERA)
         is an amendment to Public Law 111-148.
     It is Public Law 111-152 of the 111th Congress,
     signed by the president on 3/30/2010.

Informal titles.
     "Obamacare"
     "Obama's health care law"

To learn about the law(s) and their impact go to the top of this web page.