How the Affordable Care Act benefits you

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The Affordable Care Act is working for Virginia:

This Thursday, March 23, the Affordable Care Act will celebrate its two-year anniversary. To mark the occasion, advocates across the Commonwealth will host events to highlight how the ACA has worked for Virginia.

The ACA's benefits have been profound for our seniors, young adults, children, women, small businesses, consumers and communities.

Here are examples of how the ACA has helped Virginians get better health care, save millions of dollars and live healthier:

* Virginia's seniors on Medicare have saved nearly $80 million on brand-name prescription drugs because of the ACA and more than 800,000 have received free preventative care services

* More than 1.5 million Virginians, including 410,000 children, can now get preventative care services without a co-pay

* Nearly 3,000,000 Virginians are now free of fear from lifetime caps on insurance coverage

* More than 60,000 of Virginia's young adults now have health care coverage though their parents' employer-provided health insurance

* More than 2,000,000 Virginians are better informed about the percentage of their premium dollars insurance companies actually spend on health care costs

* Virginians most in need have received critical health care through public health services and community-based clinics supported by more than $64.5 million in federal funding.

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