ACA highlights

❚ Protections for people with pre-existing conditions

❚ Children could remain on parents’ insurance until age 26

❚ Creation of insurance marketplaces

❚ Premium subsidies for people with low or modest income

❚ Expansion of Medicaid eligibility for low-income adults

❚ Reductions in the growth of Medicare payments to health care providers and insurers

❚ A variety of tax increases to finance changes