How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act affects Texas dentists
Oneacre, L.P.
Texas Dental Journal 129(10): 1106-1109
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-4284 PMID: 23311030 Document Number: 662115
President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law March 23, 2010 (P.L. 111-148), as arguably the most significant legislative health reform since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 (1). Several PPACA provisions will impact dentists as both health care providers and small business owners and employers (2). Overall, the law significantly changes health care financing and facilitates competition in the health insurance market place through the creation of health insurance exchanges (HIX).