The ACA's role in keeping Medicare viable — 3 insights

Estimates place Medicare running out of funds in the 2020s, although the ACA may have played a key role in ensuring the program has money to continue.

Forbes delves into how the ACA has helped keep the program afloat.

Here are three insights:

1. The health law has expanded Medicare's hospital insurance trust by 11 years until 2028.

2. The ACA created more than 470 ACOs, with Medicare ACOs accruing more than $1.2 billion in savings since 2012.

3. The largest medical care provider in Illinois, Advocate Health Care has been operating in a Medicare ACO for almost three years, yielding cost savings totaling $72.7 million last year.

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