ANSWER NOTHING "Obamacare" and the "Affordable Care Act" are the SAME thing. A recent article in the New York Times reported survey results showing that one-third of the people surveyed did not know that "Obamacare" and the "Affordable Care Act" refer to the same law. So? Thechanges will be retroactive to Jan. 1, meaning that people who already have Obamacare plans will get money back. Anyone who is uninsured now can qualify for new prices as soon as they sign up. TetraImages / Getty Images Same Health Plan vs. Different Health Plan . If you're enrolled in a health plan offered by an employer and you're going to be losing that coverage, COBRA is available if the employer has at least 20 employees and is either a private business or a state or local government (COBRA doesn't apply to plans offered by the federal government or by churches). TheSupreme Court bolstered the Affordable Care Act on June 17, upholding the law for the third time since Congress passed it 11 years ago. The latest challenge to Obamacare, as it is known, came Theswitch gives Pennsylvania more control over a key creation of the ACA — the online insurance marketplace — at a time when the entire health law is in legal jeopardy. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a Texas lawsuit to invalidate the ACA. The Trump administration is supporting the lawsuit. TheACA also aligned states' minimum Medicaid eligibility threshold for children at 133 percent FPL, requiring some states to shift older children from separate CHIP programs into Medicaid. Can Obamacare be used as secondary insurance? No, "Obamacare" (ACA) only exists for people that don't otherwise have access to primary health insurance .

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