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Affordable Care Act Facts Get the coverage you need today to make sure you are in compliance with the Affordable Care Act. Learn more at CCHGroup.com/AffordableCare . SOURCES: ObamaCare Facts, http://obamacarefacts.com/interesting‑facts/, http://obamacarefacts.com/affordable‑care‑act‑facts/, http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare‑facts/ and http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare‑employer‑mandate/ © 2015 CCH Incorporated and its affiliates. All rights reserved. 2015-0234-6 Seniors make up about 13% of the population but account for 30% of health care spending . One out of every two American adults has a pre‑existing condition. Prescription drugs are responsible for about 10% of all health care spending in the United States. The U.S. is the only wealthy, industrialized country without universal health care . Young adults (dependents) can stay on their parents’ insurance until they are 26. Around 40 million Americans who currently do not have health insurance are projected to have coverage by 2019 . The U.S. spends more than 17% of its total GDP on health care, the highest percentage of any country in the world. 17% By 2016, employers with more than 50 full‑time employees (FTEs) will need to provide coverage to “substantially all” (95%) of their FTEs. 87% of people who selected a Health Insurance Marketplace plan for 2015 got financial assistance. 1 in 6 Americans got a Health Insurance Marketplace plan for $100 or less . By the end of 2014, about 6.5 million people enrolled in a health plan on the Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.Gov. Health Insurance Marketplace

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Page 1: Affordable Care Act Facts

Affordable Care ActFacts

Get the coverage you need today to make sure you are in compliance with the Affordable Care Act.

Learn more at CCHGroup.com/AffordableCare.SOURCES: ObamaCare Facts, http://obamacarefacts.com/interesting‑facts/, http://obamacarefacts.com/affordable‑care‑act‑facts/, http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare‑facts/ and http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare‑employer‑mandate/

© 2015 CCH Incorporated and its affiliates. All rights reserved.2015-0234-6

Seniors make up about 13% of the population but account for 30% of health care spending.

One out of every two American adults has a pre‑existing condition.

Prescription drugs are responsible for about 10% of all health care spending in the United States.

The U.S. is the only wealthy, industrialized country without universal health care.

Young adults (dependents) can stay on their parents’

insurance until they are 26.

Around 40 million Americans who currently do not have health insurance are projected to have coverage by 2019.

The U.S. spends more than 17% of its total GDP on health care, the highest percentage of any country in the world. 17%

By 2016, employers with more than 50 full‑time employees (FTEs) will need to provide coverage to “substantially all” (95%) of their FTEs.

87% of people who selected a Health Insurance Marketplace plan for 2015 got financial assistance.

1 in 6 Americans got a Health Insurance Marketplace plan for $100 or less.

By the end of 2014, about 6.5 million people enrolled in a health plan on the Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.Gov.

Health Insurance Marketplace