FHCE 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Healthcare.Gov, Reinsurance, Health Insurance Marketplace

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics
• Course: FHCE 2100
• Professor: Dr.Kabaci

Document Summary

President obama signed the patient protection and aca for comprehensive health insurance reforms. Along with the health care and education reconciliation act of 2010. Made up of the affordable health care for america act, the patient protection act, and the health care related sections of the health care and education reconciliation act and the student. Also includes amendments: food, drug, and cosmetics act, health and public services act. Provide americans with health insurance access to some new benefits, rights, and protections. Make insurance more affordable by reducing premium and out-of-pocket costs for tens of millions of families and small business owners who had been priced out of coverage in the past. Helps over 32 million americans afford health care who could not get it before and makes coverage more affordable for many more. Under the plan, 95% americans will be insured. In 2013 over 15% of americans were without insurance.