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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is an important step forward in improving health care in the United States. Support for the legislation, now public law, is consistent with advocacy principles adopted by the AAFP Congress of Delegates in October 2009.
U.S. Supreme Court Decision on PPACA
On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Reaction from AAFP President, Glen Stream, MD, MBI
AAFP news coverage of the decision
Reaction from AAFP President, Glen Stream, MD, MBI
AAFP news coverage of the decision
Specifically, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:
- guarantees coverage and expands access to health care for 32 million more Americans;
- helps shift the United States toward a health care delivery system based on primary care by, among other things, increasing payment for primary care services;
- advances the principles of the patient-centered medical home,
- invests in training more family physicians, and
- eliminates many of the worst practices of the health insurance industry, such as dropping patients when they get sick and denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions.
Learn more about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:
- Read a quick summary of the legislation (3-page PDF file; About PDFs);
- Download the entire bill (2,409-page PDF file; About PDFs); or
- View a timeline for health care reform implementation (9-page PDF file; About PDFs).
- Learn more from Health Care Reform: Connecting the Dots -- This series of AAFP News Now articles spells out the various provisions of the law that will affect family physicians as physicians, small business owners and patient advocates.
- Get answers about the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers detailed information about a new program that creates a health coverage option for patients with pre-existing conditions.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
