Medicaid enrollment opened to Americans earning 133 percent of the federal poverty level ($14,00 individual; $29,000 family of four); states to receive 100 percent federal funding for first three years, 90 percent in subsequent years to support expanded coverage.


Most individuals required to obtain health insurance or face a fine to help offset care for uninsured Americans; currently being contested in federal court.


Medicare payments to certain facilities for hospital-acquired conditions reduced by one percent.
