Listen: The Hard-Knock Health Law Turns 10 Amid Pandemic
President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act during a ceremony with fellow Democrats in the East Room of the White House March 23, 2010. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Kaiser Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner talks to NPR’s Ari Shapiro about how the ACA has changed health care in America over the past decade and also how the coronavirus pandemic ultimately may change the still embattled law. Kaiser Family Foundation Executive Vice President Larry Levitt also , discussing with Noel King, on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” how the law led to 20 million Americans gaining health insurance.
