Two years of Obamacare

The Affordable Care Act was a landmark law almost a century in the making. Presidents from Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton tried to reform a health care system that had been badly broken for generations. For too long, tens of millions of Americans didn't have health insurance—and even those who did often couldn't afford the care they needed.

In 2010, a Democratic Congress passed comprehensive health reform into law, and two years ago today, President Obama's signature made it the law of the land. Already, millions of Americans are benefiting in very real ways. Medicare is stronger for seniors, and women can get life-saving mammograms at no extra cost. Kids won't be denied coverage because they were born with pre-existing conditions. From children to senior citizens, Americans are saving money on their health care. In just two years:

• 180 million Americans are protected against the insurance industry's worst abuses—like having their coverage dropped when they need it most and unjustified excessive premium increases.
• 17 million American children with pre-existing conditions can no longer be turned down if they need coverage.
• Insurance companies can no longer impose a lifetime cap on your health coverage.
• 86 million Americans have benefited from expanded access to free preventive care like mammograms and colonoscopies.
• 2.5 million young Americans now have health insurance—because they can now stay on their parents' plans until age 26.
• Prescription drug discounts saved 3.6 million seniors and people with disabilities in the Medicare donut hole an average of $604.

And that's just the beginning. New provisions of the law continue to be implemented, and over the coming months and years, costs will continue to go down, and the quality of care will continue to rise. When the law is fully implemented two years from now, every single American will have access to affordable health care—including more than 30 million Americans who had been without coverage.

This is an anniversary worth celebrating.

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Source: http://www.democrats.org/news/blog/two_years_of_obamacare

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