Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Index / Policies Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Transcripts Jordan Brooks ...was an issue on birth control with the ACA [Affordable Care Act], and she was i... ...issue on birth control with the ACA [ Affordable Care Act ], and she was in the room when the... ...were making the decisions about the ACA . She and Tina were able to pus... ...birth control mandate stayed in the ACA . The two of them, and a ton of othe... ...ensuring protections of women in the Affordable Care Act , I think, were really important. M... ...things, but the other piece of the Affordable Care Act that I think people really don'... ...we worked on—I think about even the Affordable Care Act and the birth control mandate, the fac... Show more... Lauren Vrazilek ...would then write in and say, “The Affordable Care Act completely changed my life. Here's thi... Cecile Richards ...be as we got into the passage of the Affordable Care Act [ACA], and I'm sure we'll talk abou... ...passage of the Affordable Care Act [ ACA ], and I'm sure we'll talk about that... ...Well, the hardest issues in the Affordable Care Act passage would be prescription dru... ...in the passage of what became the Affordable Care Act . That we could mobilize our membershi... ...for reproductive care to be in the Affordable Care Act , and the things that we really care... ...debate around reproductive care in the Affordable Care Act to discuss that relationship and tha... ...whether or not we would support the Affordable Care Act if it had an abortion ban. We had ... ...in this bill we're not going to have an Affordable Care Act , because I won't pass it.” That'... ...his administration that, as soon as the Affordable Care Act was passed, folks just moved on to th... ...if they knew anything else about the Affordable Care Act . One, that it meant women could n... ...time, resources, and energy selling the Affordable Care Act , because all of those things wer... ...for people, with no cost, under the Affordable Care Act .” That to me was wort... ...that question that I had, which was, ACA and reproductive care producing ... ...group, I believe, that opposed the Affordable Care Act if it included an abortion ban was th... ...to stand up for abortion access in the Affordable Care Act , then who was? And if the presiden... ...strikes me—even going back to the ACA and healthcare reform debates—there wa... Show more... David Shulkin ...of course, then led towards the 2009 Affordable Care Act . What were your thoughts about ho... ...providing input into the way that the Affordable Care Act would come together. There was always... John Hennessy ...delivery and the rollout to the Affordable Care Act . What was that moment like in terms o... Mona Sutphen ...us, it was obviously a healthcare year. ACA [Affordable Care Act] was such ... ...was obviously a healthcare year. ACA [ Affordable Care Act ] was such a dominant elephant in th... ...briefed, but at the same time, you have ACA looming out there. And I would say th... ...around and fracturing around moving ACA forward? Oh, yes, for sure. Becaus... ...time, was that we should do a skinny ACA . We already had a children's healt... ...effort, you get eighty percent of the ACA .” But a lot of people are still lef... ...within the White House coming out of ACA ? You mentioned he and Rahm continuin... ...shift a bit back to healthcare and the ACA , which you brought up earlier. You... ...in the midst of the development of the ACA . You were challenged by th... ...healthcare. How did you deal with the ACA shaping so many facets of you... Show more... Michael Botticelli ...of both passing and implementing the Affordable Care Act . So that was really, really helpfu... ...needs to be thanked for this. But the Affordable Care Act was incredibly pivotal in integratin... ...reasons why people, up until the Affordable Care Act , didn't get treatment was because the... ...wasn't until the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the end of the Obama administratio... ...and the enduring importance of the Affordable Care Act , particularly as it relates to peopl... ...that and memorializing that through the Affordable Care Act . I know we're still in the midst o... ...that by making it part of the Affordable Care Act will be two huge legacy and policy win... Show more... 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