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r/obamacare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), informally referred to as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010 after nearly a year's worth of overall consideration by both chambers of Congress. The law (along with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010) is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress.
Welcome! This sub is devoted to information and discussion about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. We have created a FAQ with some frequent questions received on this sub, and links to other resources. If you started to sign up by March 31 but were unable t...
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5,573
Total Comments
18,496
Earliest Submission
June 28, 2012
Earliest Comment
July 15, 2012
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Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 203 | 90,398 | 2348.6 | 0.8 | 3115.74 | |
| #2 | 189 | 118,232 | 2186.6 | 1.0 | 2217.95 | |
| #3 | 384 | 371,637 | 4442.7 | 3.1 | 1433.63 | |
| #4 | 54 | 62,540 | 624.8 | 0.5 | 1198.01 | |
| #5 | 66 | 81,464 | 763.6 | 0.7 | 1124.09 | |
| #6 | 217 | 424,708 | 2510.6 | 3.5 | 708.91 | |
| #7 | 96 | 275,045 | 1110.7 | 2.3 | 484.27 | |
| #8 | 85 | 295,946 | 983.4 | 2.5 | 398.50 | |
| #9 | 30 | 109,481 | 347.1 | 0.9 | 380.20 | |
| #10 | 72 | 313,321 | 833.0 | 2.6 | 318.84 | |
| #11 | 51 | 298,715 | 590.0 | 2.5 | 236.88 | |
| #12 | 226 | 1,332,585 | 2614.7 | 11.1 | 235.31 | |
| #13 | 33 | 265,313 | 381.8 | 2.2 | 172.58 | |
| #14 | 50 | 415,909 | 578.5 | 3.5 | 166.80 | |
| #15 | 45 | 376,049 | 520.6 | 3.1 | 166.03 | |
| #16 | 239 | 2,193,674 | 2765.1 | 18.3 | 151.16 | |
| #17 | 59 | 569,786 | 682.6 | 4.8 | 143.67 | |
| #18 | 566 | 7,218,768 | 6548.3 | 60.2 | 108.79 | |
| #19 | 119 | 1,537,365 | 1376.8 | 12.8 | 107.40 | |
| #20 | 220 | 3,584,204 | 2545.3 | 29.9 | 85.16 | |
| #21 | 509 | 9,110,673 | 5888.9 | 76.0 | 77.52 | |
| #22 | 94 | 1,745,938 | 1087.5 | 14.6 | 74.70 | |
| #23 | 66 | 1,226,574 | 763.6 | 10.2 | 74.66 | |
| #24 | 74 | 1,462,207 | 856.1 | 12.2 | 70.22 | |
| #25 | 37 | 820,531 | 428.1 | 6.8 | 62.56 | |
| #26 | 56 | 1,257,059 | 647.9 | 10.5 | 61.81 | |
| #27 | 96 | 2,212,560 | 1110.7 | 18.4 | 60.20 | |
| #28 | 33 | 816,871 | 381.8 | 6.8 | 56.05 | |
| #29 | 158 | 4,001,823 | 1828.0 | 33.4 | 54.78 | |
| #30 | 167 | 4,236,699 | 1932.1 | 35.3 | 54.69 | |
| #31 | 33 | 974,271 | 381.8 | 8.1 | 47.00 | |
| #32 | 37 | 1,111,316 | 428.1 | 9.3 | 46.19 | |
| #33 | 34 | 1,080,697 | 393.4 | 9.0 | 43.65 | |
| #34 | 72 | 2,288,938 | 833.0 | 19.1 | 43.64 | |
| #35 | 34 | 1,201,975 | 393.4 | 10.0 | 39.25 | |
| #36 | 442 | 17,413,996 | 5113.7 | 145.2 | 35.22 | |
| #37 | 84 | 3,455,903 | 971.8 | 28.8 | 33.72 | |
| #38 | 249 | 10,390,417 | 2880.8 | 86.6 | 33.25 | |
| #39 | 40 | 1,812,091 | 462.8 | 15.1 | 30.63 | |
| #40 | 69 | 3,156,185 | 798.3 | 26.3 | 30.33 | |
| #41 | 115 | 5,279,722 | 1330.5 | 44.0 | 30.22 | |
| #42 | 30 | 1,516,150 | 347.1 | 12.6 | 27.45 | |
| #43 | 72 | 3,826,514 | 833.0 | 31.9 | 26.11 | |
| #44 | 100 | 5,383,916 | 1157.0 | 44.9 | 25.77 | |
| #45 | 79 | 4,318,461 | 914.0 | 36.0 | 25.38 | |
| #46 | 37 | 2,426,571 | 428.1 | 20.2 | 21.16 | |
| #47 | 33 | 2,230,995 | 381.8 | 18.6 | 20.52 | |
| #48 | 53 | 3,683,560 | 613.2 | 30.7 | 19.96 | |
| #49 | 241 | 18,762,451 | 2788.3 | 156.5 | 17.82 | |
| #50 | 122 | 9,580,927 | 1411.5 | 79.9 | 17.67 |