explain the ACA before it was signed into law
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or colloquially Obamacare, is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.n contrast, the use of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or Affordable Care Act became limited to more formal and official use. Use of the term in a positive sense was suggested by Democrat John Conyers.