What's The State Of The Affordable Care Act Today?

The video discusses the current status of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), highlighting key provisions such as coverage for pre-existing conditions and Medicaid expansion. It also covers the repeal efforts by the Trump administration, including the elimination of the individual mandate and attempts to change association health plans. Legal challenges to these efforts are ongoing, with significant court decisions pending that could impact the future of the ACA.

Which provision of the ACA allows young adults to remain on their parent's insurance plan?

• Coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Medicaid expansion

• Extended coverage until age 26

• Preventive health care

What significant change did the Trump administration make to the ACA?

• Eliminated the individual mandate penalty

• Increased cost-sharing reduction payments

• Expanded Medicaid coverage

• Introduced new preventive health measures

What was the purpose of the cost-sharing reduction payments that the Trump administration stopped?

• To increase insurance company profits

• To reduce premiums and deductibles for low-income families

• To fund Medicaid expansion

• To support preventive health care services

What was the outcome of the Trump administration's attempt to change rules around association health plans?

• The rule change was blocked by a federal judge

• The rule change was supported by all states

• The rule change was implemented successfully

• The rule change was ignored by insurance companies

Who stepped in to defend the ACA when the Department of Justice chose not to?

• Insurance companies

• The President

• Attorneys general from 16 states and Washington D.C.

• The US Supreme Court