Title: 1-10: What's Really in the Affordable Care Act
Headings: 1-10: What's Really in the Affordable Care Act
1-10: What's Really in the Affordable Care Act
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The 10 Titles of the Affordable Care Act
Overview
Title I. Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans
Title II. The Role of Public Programs
Title III. Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Health Care
Title IV. Prevention of Chronic Disease and the Improvement of Public Health
Title V. Healthcare Workforce
Title VI. Transparency and Program Integrity
Title VII. Improving Access to Innovative Medical Therapies
Title VIII. CLASS: Community Living Assistance Supports and Services
Title IX. Revenue Provisions
Title X. Strengthening Quality, Affordable Healthcare for All Americans
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Content: The 10 Titles of the Affordable Care Act
On June 28, 2012, the US Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In a 5-4 opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor voted to uphold the 2 most contentious provisions of the act, with exceptions. The justices decided that the individual mandate could stand as a tax, meaning that beginning in 2014, Americans who do not purchase health insurance will have to pay a tax of up to $600. On the Medicaid expansion provision, which 26 states objected to, the justices ruled the federal government was within its rights to expand the program; however, it cannot withhold Medicaid funding from the states that do not comply with the expansion effort. The government previously threatened to refuse all Medicaid funding for states that did not comply. Read on to learn what's really in the ACA. Overview
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law on March 23, 2010 by President Obama. Some love it, others hate it, but many people have only a vague idea of what's in the almost 2000-page law. John McDonough, DPh, MPA, a Professor of Health Policy and Management at Harvard University School of Public Health, was invited by Senator Ted Kennedy to participate in the committee that helped draft the law.