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Mon Aug 3

Obamacare's unexpected bonus: How the Affordable Care Act is helping middle-aged Americans during the pandemic

Written by Marc Cohen, Clinical Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, University of Massachusetts Boston

President Barack Obama championed the Affordable Care Act, enacted into law during his administration in 2010. Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla

Ten years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration is now asking the Supreme Court to overturn it. Yet it’s now clear that the ACA has brought significant improvements to...

Obamacare's unexpected bonus: How the Affordable Care Act is helping middle-aged Americans during the pandemic

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