It was signed by the president on March 23, 2010, and became Public Law 111-148. A second bill, which was a reconciliation bill, was passed after that date to make a series of discrete budgetary changes in the ACA. That act, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, was signed by the president on March 30, 2010, and became Public Law 111-152.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamacare-was-not-passed-using-budget-reconciliation/2016/01/22/e72d321a-bed5-11e5-98c8-7fab78677d51_story.html
So Senate Leader Harry Reid cut a deal with Pelosi: the House would pass the Senate bill without any changes if the Senate agreed to pass a separate bill by the House that made changes to the Senate version of Obamacare. This second bill was called the Reconciliation Act of 2010. So the House passed PPACA, the Senate bill, as well as their Reconciliation Act. At this point PPACA was ready for the President to sign, but the Senate still needed to pass the Reconciliation Act from the House.
http://www.briansussman.com/politics/how-obamacare-became-law/
It amended several of the law’s budgetary components while leaving the basic structure of the law in place. The Democrats played by the rules in 2010 in overcoming a filibuster to first pass the ACA, and then using the reconciliation process to pass a second bill making strictly budgetary changes in existing law. T he Republicans played by the rules this time to likewise make budgetary changes in existing law.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamacare-was-not-passed-using-budget-reconciliation/2016/01/22/e72d321a-bed5-11e5-98c8-7fab78677d51_story.html
So I feel like I should be able to get the answer for this online, but somehow I can't find a nice coherent answer. This stems from a podcast that I heard today, about how Obamacare was passed due to Nancy Pelosi's cunning.
https://www.quora.com/How-was-Obamacare-passed
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or just ACA) is a law signed by President Barack Obama in March 2010 that reformed the extortion racket health care system in the United States. It was the biggest overhaul US health care had seen in quite a long time. In fact, the Affordable Care Act is the biggest anything to pass (that wasn't motivated by a major incident) in a long time, which is sad.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act
I originally posted this piece on November 21, 2013. It was the trickiest legislative move ever accomplished in the Congress. Obamacare was signed into law in March 2010. If you recall, Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic majority in the House of Representatives was unable to pass their version of a healthcare law.
http://www.briansussman.com/politics/how-obamacare-became-law/
It was and remains the most significant overhaul of our healthcare system since the passage of Medicare 45 years earlier in 1965. Like all legislation - it is at risk of appeal - but given the success to date (and the need for more reform), I don't think that's likely.
https://www.quora.com/How-was-Obamacare-passed
It became law of the land the same way every law does - by a legislative process that supported it more than rejected it. The history of the passage itself is detailed in the Wikipedia entry here. The bill passed the house on 10/8/2009 by a vote of 416-0. It then passed the Senate by a vote of 60-39. All of which is the mechanics of legislation.
https://www.quora.com/How-was-Obamacare-passed
The Senate at that time had 60 Democrats, just enough to pass Obamacare. However after the bill passed the Senate, Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy died. In his place, Massachusetts elected Republican Scott Brown.
http://www.briansussman.com/politics/how-obamacare-became-law/
Once debate over health care reform began, it became a big political issue that received much attention in the media along with fierce support and criticism. The Affordable Care Act passed 219-212 in the House and 60-39 in the Senate, a process that took around six months. People already forget the legislative history here, but Obamacare was incubated in the Gang of Six, a committee of 3 Republicans and 3 Democrats.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act
when did the aca pass
The Affordable Care Act passed in March 2010.