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4. Darn that Obama and the Affordable Care Act. Yep, that's where ACOs came from and they've been operating for over

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 03:51 PM

Friday

a decade now.

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"Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) officially started in 2012 when the first groups were selected to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), a program authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. While the concepts for ACOs were being discussed and established in the years prior, including in 2006 and the late 2000s, the actual launch of the program and the selection of the first ACOs occurred in 2012. "

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