PPACA

Signed into law by President Obama on March 23rd, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) made sweeping changes to the nation's health care system. After two years of intense debate, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of PPACA in March 2012. On June 28, 2012, in one of the most anticipated decisions of the century, the Court ruled to uphold PPACA 5-4. Stay tuned to this page for critical news coverage, industry-specific perspectives, expert interviews, videos and live reporting via Twitter (#ppaca) as the provisions of the law are enacted.

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  Once more unto the soup?

  By David A. Saltzman  |  May 22, 2013

  Markets without consumers soon become extinct.

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  Feds: Some "indemnity plans" come under PPACA

  By Allison Bell  |  January 25, 2013

  But employers will have at least until the late summer to prepare exchange notices.

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  AEI: Replace group health tax deduction

  By Allison Bell  |  December 10, 2012

  A think tank fellow says a refundable, universal, need-adjusted tax credit would be better than what we have now.

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  Deloitte: PPACA changes might breed more changes

  By Allison Bell  |  October 12, 2012

  Congress could act to keep employers in the game. States might do more for young adults.

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  Researchers: Child-only cover laws get mixed results

  By Allison Bell  |  October 11, 2012

  Three states with child-only open-enrollment laws have inactive child-only markets.

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  HHS' Larsen Resigns Top Post

  By Elizabeth Festa with Dave Postal  |  June 15, 2012

  Mike Hash, director of the Office of Health Reform, will serve as interim director of the CCIIO.

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  SCOTUS PPACA Day 2: Now It's a Fight

  By Bill Coffin  |  March 27, 2012

  As the Supreme Court hears arguments over the individual mandate, opponents of PPACA arrive in force to push for the law's overturn. But is it too little, too late?

• The PPACA Mandate and Individual Rates

  By Allison Bell  |  January 12, 2012

  Researchers at the kind of think tank that generally supports PPACA say the mandate would hold down costs.