MedCity News January 25, 2021
Anuja Vaidya

With the Democrats leading the Senate and House, and Joe Biden installed as president, the Affordable Care Act will be restored and strengthened over the next four years, an expert from the Kaiser Family Foundation predicts.

With the presidency, Senate and House all under the control of the Democrats, the Affordable Care Act is in the safest position it’s been in about a decade. The healthcare law is not likely to see any major challenge in the coming four years — rather, it will be fortified.

“I think we are going to see a lot of actions to restore the ACA to how it looked under the Obama administration, and possibly even go farther,” said Cynthia Cox, vice president at...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Public Exchange
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