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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Signing Ceremony
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama with Vice President Joe Biden, Members of Congress and special guests, signs H.R. 3590-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (health care insurance reform bill), in the East Room of the White House, March 23, 2010. Participants include: Vicki Kennedy, Connie Anderson, Ryan Smith, Mareclas Owens, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D- Conn., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. (P032310LJ-0087)
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Signing Ceremony
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama with Vice President Joe Biden, Members of Congress and special guests, signs H.R. 3590-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (health care insurance reform bill), in the East Room of the White House, March 23, 2010. Participants include: Vicki Kennedy, Connie Anderson, Ryan Smith, Mareclas Owens, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D- Conn., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. (P032310LJ-0087)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Signing Ceremony: Affordable Care Act

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March 23, 2010
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), often shortened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or nicknamed Obamacare, is a United States federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. It is the first major health care reform law enacted in the history of the United States.