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House Oversight Subcomittee Looks at ACA Implementation
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs takes a look at the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, a key portion of which is set to come online on October 1.
State health care exchanges, which will allow individuals to purchase health insurance and will offer subsidies to people making below 400 percent of the federal poverty line, open on October 1. Uninsured individuals are required to purchase health insurance by January 1, 2014, or face a penalty.
Some exchanges are being run by the states, or by a federal-state partnership. For states declining to set up their own exchanges, the federal government will administer exchanges for their citizens.
Four state officials, all from states with Republican governors, testify at this hearing. All four states have declined to set up their own exchanges, along with 23 other states.
The House of Representatives, controlled by Republicans, has voted 41 times to repeal, defund or delay the Affordable Health Care Act.
This hearing is jointly hosted by the Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements Subcommittee.
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