The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or The New Obama Health Care Law(with active TOC)

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)commonly called Obamacare(or the federal health care law) is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, it represents the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.