According to the AP/Sacramento Bee, millions of residents who will obtain federal subsidies to offset the cost of health insurance through the ACA's insurance exchanges could be subject to additional taxes if they do not accurately project their income,.

Officials behind previous local and state efforts to enroll uninsured individuals in health coverage say that such individuals often are reluctant to purchase coverage and that outreach efforts take longer than expected, which could foreshadow similar struggles for the health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.

The Obama reiterated that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is helping to reduce health care costs even after Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius stated that some newly insured residents could experience higher health costs in the coming years.

Some businesses might begin hiring more workers through temporary-staffing agencies to avoid providing health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the Washington Post reports.

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation's March tracking poll, nearly six in 10 U.S. residents feel they do not have enough information to understand the Affordable Care Act (ACA)and how it will affect them.

In its annual report, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) asserted that Medicare could reduce its spending by $30 billion over the next five years through provisions in the Affordable Care Act and if Congress follows MedPAC’s recommendations.

The Obama administration is developing contingency plans that would allow the federal government to step in and assume operational control of 17 states' health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act if state exchanges are not ready for enrollment by the October 1 deadline.

Individuals who purchased individual health plans could see their premiums increase between 20% and 100% in January 2014 because of certain provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will take effect next year.

Most large U.S. employers expect to continue providing full-time workers with health insurance benefits after the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented, according to the latest employer and health care trends study. However, some employers indicated that they might shift some part-time workers and retirees to government insurance exchanges. For the annual study, researchers surveyed more than 500 companies with at least 1,000 employees between November 2012 and January.

Just one out of every 50 health plans in the private insurance market currently meets the minimum coverage or essential health benefit standards that will be required in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act.