Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Index / Policies Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Transcripts Nicole Lurie ...system focused on funding through the Affordable Care Act [ACA] and focused on the CDC [Center... ...through the Affordable Care Act [ ACA ] and focused on the CDC [Centers fo... ...in July of 2009, negotiations over the Affordable Care Act were already underway. Given you... ...the conversations around drafting the Affordable Care Act ? A lot of the early draftin... ...the arguments about why we needed the Affordable Care Act also be able to appeal to the peopl... ...talking a bit about the interest in the Affordable Care Act because of its impact on healt... ...Huffington Post in 2014. You said the Affordable Care Act aims to promote healthier population... ...a disaster. You also noted that the ACA was important in making mental healt... ...four years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act . Can you talk a little bit more abou... ...talk a little bit more about how the Affordable Care Act actually contributed to the work o... ...again during this pandemic. And the Affordable Care Act 's expansion of— The Affordable Car... ...Care Act's expansion of— The Affordable Care Act 's expansion of care, number one, an... ...with the expansion of care, with the Affordable Care Act , with mental health resource... ...see some of the tools provided by the Affordable Care Act in terms of mental health services pla... ...support, which was so important in the Affordable Care Act , make a difference. But we know tha... Show more... Brian Deese ...If you look at the structure of the Affordable Care Act and the healthcare bill, a lot of i... ...impact of the Recovery Act and the Affordable Care Act , it's historic in terms of the suppor... Cody Keenan ...All the time. You could argue that the Affordable Care Act [ACA] was one of the bigger inequalit... ...argue that the Affordable Care Act [ ACA ] was one of the bigger inequalit... ...it move any Republicans to support that ACA ? Of course not. Did it convince som... ...cover. We ended up putting that in the Affordable Care Act and passing it! That by itself woul... ...but—it's the tenth anniversary of the ACA this year. And finally, it's over fift... ...or whatever, hell yeah. Hopefully the ACA just got us closer to the point wher... ...thing or have people who benefited from Obamacare [Affordable Care Act] introduce th... ...people who benefited from Obamacare [ Affordable Care Act ] introduce the president and whatnot... ...would like it. If we just explained the Affordable Care Act better, people would like it.” Jon an... ...things are getting better, that the ACA worked for them, you're more prone t... ...Barack Obama refused to defund the Affordable Care Act that had already been funded b... ...internet comedy show, to hawk the Affordable Care Act with Zach Galifianakis. I remember th... ...employees' contraception under the Affordable Care Act . I mean, that was bad in and o... ...v. Burwell. The court ruled that the Affordable Care Act 's tax credits, which were necessary t... ...their health insurance; part of the Affordable Care Act was protection of preexistin... ...who were out there protesting the Affordable Care Act didn't know that they would lose thei... ...after the Supreme Court ruled on the Affordable Care Act , on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Cour... ...it was Medicare. Now we've done Obamacare , and the next generation is going t... ...because of Barack Obama. I mean, the Affordable Care Act , sure. That did, of course. But wha... ...that we hadn't give enough speeches on Obamacare or the economy? No, of course not. W... Show more... Kathy Greenlee ...for that. I wanted to ask about the Affordable Care Act [ACA] and its drafting and passage. Di... ...to ask about the Affordable Care Act [ ACA ] and its drafting and passage. Did yo... ...parts of the drafting process of the Affordable Care Act ? No. I got there in June of 2009. I... ...of prepositioning for passage of the ACA . These were not public meetings. The... ...The heart of the disconnect before the ACA passed—and this became very apparen... ...passed—was that because so much of the Affordable Care Act was focused on both Medicaid expansio... ...the prevention dollars that are in the ACA . And it was in that year, also, that ... ...we wanted to be in preparing for the ACA . It was really then that we starte... ...built. It wasn't as acute as only the ACA , but that was another example of that... ...that kind of clarification around the Affordable Care Act after the ACA became law; a lot of wor... ...the Affordable Care Act after the ACA became law; a lot of work to ensur... ...very specific memory with regard to the Affordable Care Act and this issue of communication. Th... ...was paying the most attention to the ACA were the older people who were stayin... ...TV. They were informed. When the ACA passed, older people, particularl... ...to see the White House message on the Affordable Care Act for seniors. I read through it, and ... ...can keep their doctor.” They said, “The ACA doesn't have anything to do with that.... ...ago the preventive measures of the ACA . And, of course, the American Recover... ...as a result of the ARRA funds and the ACA with regard to what the role of th... ...of the ARRA funds, because we knew the ACA would fund more. And if we were carve... ...the implementation phase of the Affordable Care Act , and at the beginning of our intervie... ...Act, which was Title VIII of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . Do you know where the idea for CLAS... ...in the law prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act ? The idea came from a broa... ...but certainly not the full program. The Affordable Care Act structure with regard to insurance tha... ...because it was the first part of the ACA that we were discussing that didn'... ...and their sincere commitment to the ACA . And it was hard because of th... ...There was language in the Affordable Care Act that talks about making sure that ou... ...Henry Claypool on the lead-up to the ACA really demonstrated to us some share... ...elder abuse in particular. When the Affordable Care Act passed, the Elder Justice Act passed a... ...was half the country who hated the Affordable Care Act , and the Elder Justice Act had nothin... Show more... Jim Messina ...now, Dov, when you and I talk about Obamacare [Affordable Care Act] negotiations, ... ...when you and I talk about Obamacare [ Affordable Care Act ] negotiations, I would learn all o... ...time, but would later set me up for the Obamacare debates, because it taught me that i... ...that would later be big allies in Obamacare . I learned the good and bad; how t... ...go in and calm the CBC down. During the Obamacare ugliness in the summer of 2009, th... ...Ask, Don't Tell. It's how I wound up on Obamacare . There was this theory that I would g... ...in regards to compromising on Obamacare and whether we should do the energ... ...on. The rest of it, his legacy was Obamacare , so we were going to do whatever tha... ...bit about the decision to have the Affordable Care Act , or what would become the Affordabl... ...Care Act, or what would become the Affordable Care Act , written primarily in Congress rathe... ...they voted to pass the first version of Obamacare through the United States Senate. An... ...forums, and town halls about the Affordable Care Act . Up to that point, it seems like firs... ...House passed the Senate version of the Affordable Care Act . You mentioned the night you told th... ...about the abortion provisions of the Affordable Care Act . I read that in December of 2009, you... ...a piece of legislation as large as the Affordable Care Act is it unusual to reach state-specifi... ... Healthcare reform legislation, the Affordable Care Act , included a tax on high-cost healt... ...of legislative policy agenda? Passing Obamacare . When we made the pivot to making sur... ...with them. And when we couldn't, like Obamacare with the health industry, we went t... ...to get deals done. As we learned in Obamacare , that messaging in the middle o... ...long time. It was a fundamental part of Obamacare and the healthcare debate. It was ... ...know, I was the lead negotiator on the Obamacare points about contraception. I sat wit... ...that, to explain decisions he made on Obamacare ; to explain the economic recovery; t... ...upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act 's individual mandate in Nationa... ...moment for the president's supporters. Obamacare had been the accomplishment of hi... ...Court handed down its ruling in the Affordable Care Act , the president formally announce... ...a president who was incredibly proud of Obamacare . Two things happened in that debate... Show more... Ronald Klain ...to prioritize all things. Part of why Obamacare [Affordable Care Act] kind of go... ...all things. Part of why Obamacare [ Affordable Care Act ] kind of got bogged down was that th... ...up doing—while the Senate was doing Obamacare , the House was doing cap and trade, s... ...and trade, so we got a later start on Obamacare in the House. So in the end, obviously... ...end, obviously, we were able to save Obamacare , not cap and trade. We had the Hous... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Financial Crisis and the Economy Financial Crisis and the Economy go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the East Wing East Wing