Hot Report: Affordable Care Act - Questions and Answers

OLR Report 2013-R-0300 answers a number of questions about the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The questions include:

• Under the ACA, will everyone have to enroll in a health insurance plan?
• What will you have to do if you are currently uninsured?
• What is the basic role of the exchange?
• How will the federal government know who is or is not enrolled in a health insurance plan?
• Will people be penalized for not obtaining health insurance?
• Up to what age are children allowed to stay on their parents' health insurance plan?
• How does the law affect people who are already enrolled in a health insurance plan?
• Are there additional benefits for the public under the ACA?

For the answers to these questions, read the full report.