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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- How to Use This Book -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Passage and Implementation of the Affordable Care Act -- Q1. Did President Obama and Democrats "Ram" the Affordable Care Act through Congress and into Law? -- Q2. Did the Affordable Care Act Include "Backroom Deals" with Industry to Ensure Passage? -- Q3. Did the Affordable Care Act Include Major Provisions and Elements That Had Previously Received Support from Republicans? -- Q4. Did the Failure of the Initial Affordable Care Act Website Rollout Threaten the Future of the Affordable Care Act Itself? -- Q5. Do Affordable Care Act Implementation Delays Prove the Law Is a Failure? -- Q6. Did Congress Intend to Provide Subsidies Only to Individuals Purchasing Coverage through State-Based Exchanges-and Not the Federal Exchange? -- 2 Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Federal and State Budgets -- Q7. Did the Affordable Care Act Increase the Size of the Federal Deficit? -- Q8. Does the Price Tag of the Affordable Care Act Exceed 2 Trillion? -- Q9. Is the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Crafted So That Individual States Bear Very Little of the Cost? -- Q10. Can the Reductions in Medicare Costs Contained in the Affordable Care Act Finance Coverage Expansion and Extend the Life of the Program? -- Q11. Is the Affordable Care Act Bending the Health Care "Cost Curve"? -- Q12. Will the Affordable Care Act's Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Result in Rationing in Medicare? -- 3 Consumer Choices and the Affordable Care Act -- Q13. Were People Satisfied with Their Insurance Policies Able to Keep Those Policies under the Affordable Care Act? -- Q14. Did the Affordable Care Act Contain Provisions for "Death Panels"? -- Q15. Will the Affordable Care Act's New Entity on Comparative Effectiveness Research Lead to Rationing of Care?.

An essential and easy-to-understand guide to the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act For Dummies is your survival guide to understanding the changes in our health care system and how they benefit you. Written in down-to-earth language, this handy resource outlines new protections under the Affordable Care Act, and walks you through what you-as an individual or an employer-need to do to select the best health insurance plan for your needs. With this book, you get answers to your top questions about how the law applies to you. The folks that bring you the For Dummies line of useful, educ

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This report discusses the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which makes federal funds available to metropolitan areas and states to assist in health care costs and support services for individuals and families affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). This report discusses related legislation and appropriations.

This report discusses the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which makes federal funds available to metropolitan areas and states to assist in health care costs and support services for individuals and families affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). This report discusses related legislation and appropriations.

This report discusses the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which makes federal funds available to metropolitan areas and states to assist in health care costs and support services for individuals and families affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). This report discusses related legislation and appropriations.