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The ACA's major provisions came into force in Bythe uninsured share of the population had roughly halved, with estimates ranging from 20 to 24 million additional people covered. After it went into effect, increases in overall healthcare spending slowed, including premiums for employer-based insurance plans.

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The increased coverage was due, roughly equally, to an expansion of Medicaid eligibility and to changes to individual insurance markets. Both received new spending, funded through a combination of new taxes and cuts to Medicare provider rates and Medicare Advantage.

The act largely retained the existing structure of MedicareMedicaid and the employer marketbut individual markets were radically overhauled. Before and after enactment the ACA faced strong political opposition, calls for repeal and legal challenges.

In National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebeliusthe Supreme Court ruled that states could choose not to participate in the law's Medicaid expansion, but upheld the law as a whole.

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Polls initially found that a plurality of Americans opposed the act, although its individual provisions were generally more popular. All new individual major medical health insurance policies sold to individuals and families faced new requirements. They include:. The individual mandate [47] required everyone to have insurance or pay a penalty.

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The mandate and limits on open enrollment [48] [49] were designed to avoid the insurance death spiralminimize the free rider problem and prevent the healthcare system from succumbing to adverse selection. The mandate was intended to increase the size and diversity of the insured population, including more young and healthy participants to broaden the risk poolspreading costs. Enrollees must have U. Subsidies are provided as an advanceable, refundable tax credit. The amount of subsidy is sufficient to reduce the premium for the second-lowest-cost silver plan SCLSP on an exchange cost a sliding-scale percentage of income.

The percentage is based on the percent of federal poverty level The Affordable Care Act Obamacare for the household, and varies slightly from year to year.]