Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Obama Presidency Oral History

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Shaun Donovan

...of the larger debate around Obamacare , and so there were a range of fixes...
...of them—but it mostly came out of Obamacare , with the fundamental point tha...
...in which—huge opening in access for Obamacare . I think, in the long run, we'll loo...

Dan Tarullo

...politics by then—the stimulus bill, Obamacare [Affordable Care Act], everything—ther...
...by then—the stimulus bill, Obamacare [ Affordable Care Act ], everything—there was no prospect fo...

Anthony Fauci

...individuals. That's really helpful. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [ACA] became law in March of 2010. Di...
...Protection and Affordable Care Act [ ACA ] became law in March of 2010. Did th...
...became law in March of 2010. Did the ACA have an impact on how the public healt...

Samantha Tubman

...in honor of that. If we're doing the Affordable Care Act , what is something that we can d...

Lindsay Early

...I would say, personally, the Affordable Care Act —at the time, I was working so hard o...

Eric Waldo

...the passage of the healthcare bill, Obamacare , we actually made a change withi...

Sylvia Burwell

...the successful implementation of ACA [Affordable Care Act], and helpe...
...the successful implementation of ACA [ Affordable Care Act ], and helped mitigate many othe...
...part to work was the funding of the ACA . That was an incredibly importan...
...Cruz—wasn't it?—who tried to do the ACA funding. That's what leads to th...
...in consultation with them around the ACA and other issues that were coming up? ...

...stuff [laughs]. I was familiar with the ACA budget. I'm familiar with th...
...similarly, when I get to HHS, the ACA portion of this is red hot, bu...
...system. You needed to implement the ACA , but you needed to do more than—ther...
...to do more than—there were parts of the ACA that contribute to this, but you neede...
...over an extended period of time. The ACA did so much with regard to access an...
...that would. Its relationship to the Affordable Care Act , actually, was quite important...
...They wanted to completely defund the Affordable Care Act and the ability to run the marketplace...
...through insurers. That's what the Affordable Care Act is. Making sure, though, that there wa...
...people there were at HHS to deal with ACA ? Was it the right size? You said tha...
...added when you had to implement the ACA . There was some adding slots and som...
...any of that. There were things in the ACA that were created to help people i...
...from the House, votes to undo the ACA . If you look back, I think at som...
...many people don't even know what the Affordable Care Act does. I testified before hearings wher...
...I think it's about more than the Affordable Care Act . Because it's a little crazy when—th...
...had at HHS for things other than the ACA , including the CDC [Centers fo...
...the same time—we've talked about the ACA and all those pieces. So that's al...
...pieces. So that's all going on, the Affordable Care Act . But then there's all th...
...were 117 hearings and reports on the Affordable Care Act . So when you're trying to move forwar...
...at HHS, especially in regard to ACA . What did you literally have to do...
...point. When did you begin to feel like ACA was taking traction around the country...
...you put in place, the securing of the ACA in a way that it's been hard t...
...Interestingly, probably securing the ACA and Ebola are two of the things. ...
...question before we move back over to ACA , which is President Obama's interes...
...to talk about how you did develop the ACA in a way that it was working, and tha...
...all the other pieces of the ACA . That's delivery system reform...
...also things like [Section] 1557 [of the Affordable Care Act ] and the implementation of tha...
...pieces of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act . So there were sort of these bi...
...the period of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act . During that period of time, wher...
...kinds of things were going on. So the Affordable Care Act was an incredibly complex piece o...
...mean that right after the election, the Affordable Care Act is taken away. [Pause] I'm ver...

Josh DuBois

...liberty and the Catholic Church and the Affordable Care Act [ACA] and so forth. But it becam...
...Church and the Affordable Care Act [ ACA ] and so forth. But it became cleare...
...land on contraception in the Affordable Care Act ? How can faith communities be a par...
...massive debate in the context of the Affordable Care Act , which, we worked really, really har...
...with faith leaders to get behind the ACA and to push their own members o...

...figure. Without her I don't think the Affordable Care Act would've passed. She convinced moderat...
...a Catholic Health leader, supported the Affordable Care Act , and so put her endorsement on thi...
...and others who are trying to pass the Affordable Care Act . Then there are folks on the othe...
...did end up supporting this thing. The Affordable Care Act passed, and then it became time for u...
...even while they support the overall Affordable Care Act and even while they support th...
...Which is a very good thing. The ACA , I mean [laughs]. Yes, absolutely...
...in the faith community to support the Affordable Care Act . We pulled together huge calls on, fo...
...was another big one, and the Affordable Care Act were some of the seminal policy issue...
...wouldn't do anything. Other than the Affordable Care Act , there were very few major legislativ...
...pushed for a public option in the Affordable Care Act , for example. Obviously the commo...

Fiona Reeves

...with was after the rollout of the Affordable Care Act , and particularly around frustrate...
...not able to meet the standard of the Affordable Care Act , and so who had to go back to th...
...in the presidency. The upholding of the Affordable Care Act by the Supreme Court, and same-se...
...be safe.” Or, “I was upset about the Affordable Care Act , and then crisis struck my family.” S...
...saying, “Thanks for letting me know the Affordable Care Act made a difference in your life,” o...

...lives were directly affected by the Affordable Care Act . So in 2013, we started coordinatin...
...from people who had written about the Affordable Care Act . And then right after he went o...
...extraordinary moments, like when the Affordable Care Act was upheld and same-sex marriage becam...
...And we particularly loved them on the Affordable Care Act . So, October of 2013 was a really...
...to the team. So, I think the Affordable Care Act and then the cries for help area wer...

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