To residents of the US, the single most important benefit to the Affordable Care Act is _____.

The Affordable Care Act prohibits insurers from denying coverage or charging more because a person has a preexisting medical condition. This protects people from losing access to health insurance due to their health history, making “patients do not have to fear losing insurance because of a medical condition” the best answer. The Supreme Court did not uphold a federal mandate to buy insurance as stated in choice C; it treated the payment as a tax.

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