Affordable Care Act Myths: Busted!

Affordable Care Act Myths: Busted!

October 31, 2016

By: Sylvia Mathews Burwell, HHS Secretary and Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

For years now, Americans have heard more than a few scary stories about the Affordable Care Act and the Marketplace. To put a few of those ghoulish tales to rest, we’re spending this Halloween busting some myths ourselves.

Unfortunately, federal regulations and secret service protection kept us from testing anything with explosives or car crashes. But we managed to bust some myths all the same.

Remember, don’t try this at home. We’re what you call experts!

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