---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch157"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 157"
heading: "Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch157"
sections_count: 45
---

# Chapter 157 — Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Immediate Actions to Preserve and Expand Coverage](/usc/42/ch157-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Other Provisions](/usc/42/ch157-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Available Coverage Choices for All Americans](/usc/42/ch157-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Affordable Coverage Choices for All Americans](/usc/42/ch157-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Shared Responsibility for Health Care](/usc/42/ch157-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/42/ch157-schVI.md)