Happy Birthday, Obamacare: 5 Years Later, Fact Checking the Law’s Promises
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Five years ago on March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law.
Many of the health care law’s provision took effect in 2013, and Americans have since been experiencing the effects of the law—both good and bad. Millions learned they were not able to keep their original insurance plans and more than 7.7 million received subsidies from the federal exchange.
The Daily Signal examined some of the biggest claims made about Obamacare to see where things stand five years later.