On March 23, 2010 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law. Also known as Obamacare, the ACA had a significant impact on health care and the health care delivery system, both positive and negative. More information: ​https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/affordable-care-act/

Assignment:

1. Find a recent* news article about the Affordable Care Act. (*no older than 2 years)
2. Briefly summarize the article. These will give you an idea how to summarize:
   1. https://www.wikihow.com/Summarize-an-Article
   2. https://web.williams.edu/wp-etc/acad-resources/survival_guide/CitingDoc/Summarizing
      APA.php
   3. https://owlcation.com/academia/How-to-Write-a-Summary
3. Relate it to something you learned in the class
   1. Almost every chapter has a section and/or content relating to ACA – ​you MUST cite the
      textbook, as well as your article.​ (do not quote/cite ​only​ from the Appendix, however
      you may find resourceful information in your textbook’s Appendix)
   2. Be sure to include ​in text​ citations (see link below for assistance).
4. Your paper will look something like this (at minimum) :
   1. 1-3 sentence introduction
   2. 2-3 paragraphs summary
   3. 2-3 paragraphs relating to class
   4. 1 paragraph conclusion
   5. References (you will have ​at least ​2 – your article and your textbook)