Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Index / Policies Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Transcripts Gil Kerlikowske ...other political battle going on around ACA [Affordable Care Act]? What was it lik... ...political battle going on around ACA [ Affordable Care Act ]? What was it like making thos... ...that, at times, suffered because of the ACA issue. I wanted to talk just for ... John Mier ...healthcare costs and his support of the Affordable Care Act [ACA] as well as his frustrations wit... ...support of the Affordable Care Act [ ACA ] as well as his frustrations with th... ...brought us a bit to the process of the Affordable Care Act actually coming in to be through th... ...there was talk about the rollout of the Affordable Care Act . I was pretty pessimistic abou... ...others more clearly it seems what the Affordable Care Act or legislation like that could do fo... ...way by this healthcare bill and the ACA . And so, we were there and the... ...and pointed out some things about the ACA that I think she had gotten wrong. S... ...and were complaining about how the ACA made their stuff more expensive. Whic... ...“Oh, your rates are going up because of ACA ,” I would take a jaundiced view towar... ...doing enough to communicate what the ACA was and who it would benefit? Well, ... ...additional insurees went up after the ACA in the first year alone. So I thin... ...following year. So had we not had the ACA , we would've stopped insurin... Show more... Darrell Padgett ...Obama administration? Specifically Obamacare [laughs]. Also, it was the turnin... Rebekah Erler ...So we were excited about that. The Affordable Care Act —which, back then they were jus... ...You know, the insurance—obviously the Affordable Care Act had already been passed. And we notice... Connie Anderson ...in his push for the passage of the Affordable Care Act [ACA]. Anderson and Canfield had th... ...passage of the Affordable Care Act [ ACA ]. Anderson and Canfield had th... ...attend due to illness, to witness the Affordable Care Act being signed into law. Mrs. Canfiel... ...to attend the signing ceremony for the ACA in March of 2010, and how that cam... ...to him personally, and also for the Affordable Care Act . He couldn't have been nicer an... Marc Morial ...I look at legacy, I think the Affordable Care Act is perhaps the most important long-ter... ...healthcare, which ultimately became the ACA , the Affordable Care Act, sometime... ...which ultimately became the ACA, the Affordable Care Act , sometimes referred to as Obamacare. ... ...Care Act, sometimes referred to as Obamacare . I always said, it wasn't Obamacare... ...as Obamacare. I always said, it wasn't Obamacare ; it was “Obama cares.” When we look a... ...on the public policy front. The Affordable Care Act , the recovery bill, Dodd-Frank [Wal... ...access in that first year, when the Affordable Care Act was going down and the America... Show more... Kimberlé Crenshaw ...done for women and girls of color. Obamacare , it disproportionately helps women an... Heather Foster ...and worked a lot around was the ACA , the Affordable Care Act, an... ...worked a lot around was the ACA, the Affordable Care Act , and affectionately known, often i... ...known, often in the Black community, as Obamacare —and other communities. That th... ...other communities. That the Affordable Care Act was game changing in the way tha... ...this information out, particularly with ACA ; such a big campaign. And we saw ... ...a time where you couldn't access ACA or enroll for it.” I'm curious abou... ...hearing about what people thought the ACA was or wasn't, and what was in it fo... ...that marks us. And then also just ACA ; once again, landmark legislation tha... Show more... Astra Taylor ...the Affordable Healthcare Act [read: Affordable Care Act , ACA] pass and be that, as a landmar... ...Act [read: Affordable Care Act, ACA ] pass and be that, as a landmark piec... ...did you understand that moment? The Affordable Care Act is so tricky because it's both a... ...as a regular person, I was like, The Affordable Care Act does not help me enough. I need mor... ...But, yes, one of the legacies of the ACA is, actually, that you see this deman... ...student debt relief remind him of the ACA . That just too many people will b... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa