A primary purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to:
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Why A is correct
The ACA was enacted to expand health coverage and affordability, chiefly through premium tax credits, cost-sharing reductions, Medicaid expansion, guaranteed issue, and the individual responsibility requirement. It established health insurance exchanges, essential health benefits, and metal-tier plans to make coverage more accessible and transparent. The law does not eliminate private insurance; instead it regulates private markets and adds subsidies. The statutory purpose is the opening concept examined under AH-III.C.1 before the specific PPACA mechanisms that follow.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) The ACA preserves and heavily regulates private insurance rather than eliminating it.
- C) The ACA does not impose hospital price controls; it relies on exchanges, subsidies, and market rules.
- D) Medicare remains a federal program; the ACA did not transfer it to the states.
Memory hook
ACA means Access, Affordability, and Accountability for coverage, not abolishing insurers.