What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)? Briefly list its major provisions.
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It has three primary goals: to make affordable health insurance available to more people, to expand the Medicaid program to cover all adults with income below 138% of the federal poverty level, and to support innovative medical care delivery methods designed to Show more…
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