Compare the ACA passed in 2010 with the Massachusetts health plan adopted in 2006 (use the Internet to obtain more details than we have provided in this chapter). Be sure to note the similarities and differences in the two plans.

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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 The U.S. Congress passed the ACA in March 2010. The primary goal was to reduce the number of uninsured people in the United States, then close to 50 million, while maintaining a viable private insurance system. Here we will: 1 Discuss the logic behind the so-called "three-legged stool" analogy that characterizes the ACA. 2 Touch on the major features of the (very complex) Act. 3 Provide economic analysis of key features of the Act. The following section will evaluate the outcomes six years (as of 2016) after passage.