Obamacare can also be known as the Patient Protection and Inexpensive Care Act (PPACA). You might also have heard it known as the federal well being care law. The Patient Protection and Inexpensive Care Act was signed into law on March 23 201Many of it's provisions will be implemented over a time period starting in 2010 and ending in 202As the PPACA is very extensive this really is a common overview highlighting the major points of Obamacare.