The recent debate on health care reform has occurred mostly at the national level. The Affordable Care Act, or ACA, was a momentous change for the American health care system. So far, 20 million people have gained health insurance coverage due to the ACA — a historic reduction in the number of uninsured people in the United States.
The ACA also contained several tools designed to control health care costs. For example, it created the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, or CMMI, which is authorized to test new payment and delivery methods to lower costs and improve quality for individuals who receive benefits from federal health insurance programs.
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