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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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.

10k subscribers89 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~4% by known bots)70 authors / mosince 2012

r/obamacare has 10k members (+101% over the last 12 months). It gets about 89 posts a month from 70 people. Top topics: Healthcare Policy, Stimulus Dependent Issues and Healthcare Reform.

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Size and growth

How r/obamacare has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+101%in 12 months · +24% in 3 months · +9.0% in 1 month
Oct 20269.9k
Growing9.9k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+287%vs Sep 2025 · +224% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202689
BusierPeaked at 192 in Nov 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~4% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/obamacare

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Healthcare Policy0.8%
  2. Stimulus Dependent Issues0.4%
  3. Healthcare Reform0.4%
  4. EV Tax Credits0.2%
  5. Registration & Enrollment0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. HealthCare
  2. Politico
  3. CMS
  4. Archive
  5. NPR

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