Enactment of the ACA was the most significant law for people with disabilities since the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. It brings about comprehensive reforms that benefit Americans with disabilities by prohibiting discrimination based on health status and improving access to care.

It is important to know that some individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in New Jersey have Medicaid through the Medicaid expansion provision of the ACA. Therefore, if the ACA is repealed, this type of Medicaid is likely to be terminated. There are countless other provisions in the ACA that are important to people with disabilities. The ACA has unquestionably improved access to care for people with disabilities to help them live healthy, independent, and fulfilling lives.  To eliminate the ACA, or to eliminate the ACA without simultaneously replacing it with a functionally equivalent alternative, jeopardizes this progress and puts consumers' ongoing access to comprehensive, affordable coverage at risk.

For additional information, here is The Arc's most recent fact sheet about the ACA .

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