Read the Affordable Care Act

You can read the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted on March 23, 2010.

Read the full law

The law has 2 parts: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act.

Full Text of the Affordable Care Act and Reconciliation Act (PDF – 2.6 MB) This is not the official version, and we provide it for your convenience.

Official certified full-text of the laws in PDF form:

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