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The U.S. health care system is unique among advanced industrialized countries. The U.S. does not have a uniform health system, has no universal health care coverage, and only recently enacted legislation mandating healthcare coverage for almost everyone.

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-Is also known as Obamacare was effective in 2010 and major provisions occurred in 2014

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/obamacare-charts-stats-health-care-reform/

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/obamacare-charts-stats-health-care-reform/

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The law has 3 primary goals:

Make affordable health insurance available to more people. The law provides consumers with subsidies (“premium tax credits”) that lower costs for households with incomes between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty level.

Expand the Medicaid program to cover all adults with income below 138% of the federal poverty level. (Not all states have expanded their Medicaid programs.)

Support innovative medical care delivery methods designed to lower the costs of health care generally.

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This is a well done video on the healthcare system of the United States:

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Introduction to the U.S. health care system

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Confused about the U.S. health care system? This introduction uses one patient as an example to illustrate how money flows within the system. This will serve as the basis for deeper dives into each program as well as health care delivery and payment reform.

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Health Insurance Coverage and the Affordable Care Act, 2010 - 2016. (2017, June 30). Retrieved from https://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/health-insurance-coverage-and-affordable-care-act-2010-2016

S. R. Collins, M. Z. Gunja, M. M. Doty, and S. Beutel, How the Affordable Care Act Has Improved Americans’ Ability to Buy Health Insurance on Their Own: Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2016 (The Commonwealth Fund, Feb. 2017).