An index of what’s happened in health care since Congress passed the Affordable Care Act two years ago, and a quick overview of the Supreme Court case to be heard next week.
Number of women who have received preventive care with no co-pay since the bill became law: 20 million
Year in which insurers will not be able to charge women more than men for the same premiums: 2014
Amount that seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare have saved on prescription drugs thanks to the new law: 3.1 billion
Percentage of uninsured residents in Massachusetts, the “model” state for the Affordable Care Act: 4.9
Percentage of uninsured residents in Texas, one of the states challenging the law: 27.6
Number of Latinos 26 years or younger that were able to secure insurance from their parent’s coverage: 736,000
Total of Hispanic-owned small businesses in the nation: 1.6 million
Estimate of small businesses that could qualify for a tax credit to offset the cost of insurance this year: 4 million
Total relief through a tax credit for small businesses over the next 10 years: $40 billion
Percent change in number of Americans supporting the law since 2010: +34
Percent change in number of Americans disapproving of the law since 2010: +9
Number of Latino children born in 2000 who are at risk of developing diabetes within their lifetime: 1 in 2
Number of people who will be denied coverage under the Act for having diabetes: 0
Amount the Act includes in new Medicaid funding for the territories and Puerto Rico: $6.3 billion
Hours granted by the Supreme Court to hear this case, the longest in 47 years: 6
Minimum number of times the U.S. Supreme Court has supported federal regulation of interstate commerce: 2
Number of Republican-appointed justices that the Obama administration would need to win the case: likely, 1
Number of jobs that repealing the law could potentially cost the U.S., according to a Harvard economist: 4 million