Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Expanded health-insurance coverage through marketplaces, subsidies, Medicaid expansion, insurance regulations, and employer and individual requirements.
Inflation Reduction Act
Combined climate and energy incentives, prescription-drug provisions, tax changes, and federal spending measures.
Medicare and Medicaid enacted
Congress created Medicare and Medicaid through amendments to the Social Security Act.
Affordable Care Act enacted
The Affordable Care Act expanded insurance coverage and imposed new insurance-market rules.
Republican Party
A major U.S. political party whose coalition has included conservative, libertarian, populist, and nationalist currents.
Democratic Party
A major U.S. political party whose coalition includes moderates, liberals, progressives, and democratic-socialist-aligned elected officials.
Democratic Socialists of America
A U.S. membership organization advocating democratic socialism through electoral, labor, and movement organizing.
Communist Party USA
A U.S. communist political organization with a program centered on working-class organization, anti-racism, public ownership, and socialist transformation.
Green Party of the United States
A U.S. political party emphasizing ecological sustainability, grassroots democracy, social justice, and nonviolence.
Working Families Party
A progressive political party and advocacy organization active in elections, labor issues, housing, healthcare, and economic policy.