“In 2013, approximately 44 million Americans did not have health insurance (about 16% of the population). » The majority of them are working families who simply cannot afford health insurance. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), more commonly known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or simply ObamaCare, was created to change that. The ACA was signed into law to restructure the health care industry by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The idea behind ObamaCare is to provide affordable health insurance to every American. This law contains more than a thousand pages of insurance and health care reforms, all designed to make it easier and more affordable for every American to access health coverage. “Before the Affordable Care Act, you could be denied coverage or treatment because you had been sick in the past, excluded mid-treatment for making a simple mistake on your application, or charged more because you are a woman and had little or no care. no way to fight calls from insurance companies. ""The goal of ObamaCare is to provide more Americans with ...