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Bookmark or Share- Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActThe Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (Section 1557), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics), in covered health programs or activities. 42 U.S.C. 18116.
- About the ACA | HHS.govThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, referred to as the Affordable Care Act or “ACA” for short, is the comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010. The law has 3 primary goals: Make affordable health insurance available to more people.
- Affordable Care Act Basics - HHS.govThe primary goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) is to broaden access tohealth insurance coverage. To achieve this goal, the Affordable Care Act provides a premium tax credit to help subsidizecoverage, gives
- Affordable Care Act - Congressional Budget OfficeThe Affordable Care Act, enacted in March 2010, made significant changes in federal programs and tax policies regarding health care (and in other areas)—including changes affecting insurance coverage, affordability and accessibility of insurance, the financing of medical care, and the operation of the Medicare program.
- ACA Section 1557 Fact Sheet - HHS.govStrengthening Nondiscrimination Protections and Advancing Civil Rights in Health Care through Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Fact Sheet The following provides summarized information, not any independent interpretation of Section 1557; readers are directed to the final rule itself for a full and complete recitation of its contents.
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