Aca Calendar 2025

On may 6, 2024, ocr published a final rule updating regulations implementing section 1557 of the affordable care act (section 1557),1 which prohibits discrimination based on race, color,. The law addresses health insurance. The current law prohibits health plans from putting annual and lifetime dollar limits on most benefits you receive. Section 1557 is important to achieving the aca’s goals of expanding access to health care and coverage, eliminating barriers, and reducing health disparities. About the affordable care act learn how the affordable care act (aca) makes health care in america more affordable for you and protects your right to access the care you need.

The aca has led to millions of americans gaining health coverage without lifetime limits, and protections. A recent analysis of 2024 enrollment data identified 2.8 million americans either enrolled in medicaid or the children’s health insurance program (chip) in multiple states or. Section 1557 is the nondiscrimination provision of the affordable care act (aca). The patient protection and affordable care act, referred to as the affordable care act or “aca” for short, is the comprehensive health care reform law enacted in march 2010. The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in.