Failure To Communicate: The Debate On ACA Rages On 10 Years After Passage

Writing in the journal Health Affairs, Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, analyzes the decade-long effort by policymakers and journalists alike to explain the Affordable Care Act. Continuing confusion about what the law does and Republican efforts to undo it show that a clear understanding among the public is still lacking. The article, which you can read here, is part of a special edition of Health Affairs focused on the anniversary of the ACA.

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<h1>Failure To Communicate: The Debate On ACA Rages On 10 Years After Passage</h1>
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<p>Writing in the journal Health Affairs, Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, analyzes the decade-long effort by policymakers and journalists alike to explain the Affordable Care Act. Continuing confusion about what the law does and Republican efforts to undo it show that a clear understanding among the public is still lacking. The article, which you can read <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/stoken/tollfree/YQERB9BKVGA4RRAV8QRT/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00064">here</a>, is part of a special edition of Health Affairs focused on the anniversary of the ACA.</p><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/failure-to-communicate-the-debate-on-aca-rages-on-10-years-after-passage/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/failure-to-communicate-the-debate-on-aca-rages-on-10-years-after-passage/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/failure-to-communicate-the-debate-on-aca-rages-on-10-years-after-passage/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Failure%20To%20Communicate%3A%20The%20Debate%20On%20ACA%20Rages%20On%2010%20Years%20After%20Passage&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2FMzMzNjAy&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/failure-to-communicate-the-debate-on-aca-rages-on-10-years-after-passage/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/failure-to-communicate-the-debate-on-aca-rages-on-10-years-after-passage/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul>		<p><em>		This story was produced by <a href="http://kffhealthnews.org/">Kaiser Health News</a>, an editorially independent program of the <a href="https://www.kff.org/">Kaiser Family Foundation</a>.		</em></p>		<em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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