POL 536 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Prescription Drug, United States Senate Committee On Finance, American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009
6 Feb 2018
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Party-ers were elected with aim to repeal: also, 26 states made legal cases that the aca was unconstitutional. In june 2012, the supreme court upheld it. In june 2015, major parts of it were upheld again. In june 2012, supreme court ruling made medicaid expansion optional for the states, but many states proceeded. A tough battle: a lot of work went into trying to convince republicans to support the bill, yet it passed with only. Some thing were implemented by summer & fall of 2010: rules to help children & young adults get insurance coverage, payments to help elderly americans cover high costs for prescription drugs, subsidies to help very ill people afford insurance. February 17, 2009: obama signs the american recovery & reinvestment act, including significant healthcare funding: billion in additional federal matching funds for medicaid, billion for. Cobra subsidies, & > billion in other health-related spending.
