the affordable care act was put into effect on june 28, 2012.
the affordable care act was put into effect on june 28, 2012.
when was the affordable care act put into effect?
june 28, 2012
the 2010 massachusetts senate special election victory of scott brown seriously imperiled the prospects of a health care reform bill, as democrats lost their 60-seat senate super-majority. the white house and speaker nancy pelosi engaged in an extensive campaign to convince both centrists and liberals in the house to pass the senate's health care bill, the patient protection and affordable care act. in march 2010, after obama announced an executive order reinforcing the current law against spending federal funds for elective abortion services, the house passed the patient protection and affordable care act. the bill, which had passed the senate in december 2009, did not receive a single republican vote in either house. on march 23, 2010, president obama signed the ppaca into law. the "new york times" described the ppaca as "the most expansive social legislation enacted in decades," while the "washington post" noted that it was the biggest expansion of health insurance coverage since the creation of medicare and medicaid in 1965. both houses of congress also passed a reconciliation measure to make significant changes and corrections to the ppaca; this second bill was signed into law on march 30, 2010. the patient protection and affordable care act became widely known as the affordable care act (aca) or "obamacare."
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the senate was expected to debate the bill during the afternoon of september 23, 2013. the senate democrats were expected to try to remove the language from the bill that defunds the affordable care act, while senate republicans were expected to oppose such a move. senator mike lee said on meet the press that senate republicans push to the verge of a government shutdown, but that "the government will be funded." the house cancelled a planned week of recess with the expectation that they would receive a revised version of the bill back from the senate during that time. the senate worked on the bill from september 23 to september 27. on september 27, the senate voted in roll call vote 209 54-44 to amend the bill to remove the language that defunded the affordable care act. that vote was made after a vote to move forward with working on the bill, one which many republicans voted in favor of. this maneuver allowed the senate to vote on the bill, even with the affordable care act provisions removed, in order to send the bill back to the house. the senate republican leadership made this decision to avoid senate republicans from being blamed for the, then potential, government shutdown by leaving the next move up to the house. republicans were split on the move, however, with 25 republicans voting in favor of ending debate (thus allowed a vote on the bill) and 19 voting against it (which would prevent the democrats from easily rewriting the bill to remove the affordable care act provisions). the republicans opposed to this were primarily led by senator ted cruz. all republicans did vote against the final passage of the law, once the affordable care act provisions had been stripped out, a sign, according to senate minority leader mcconnell, that republicans were unified in their opposition to the affordable care act itself.
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