In 2007, the United States faced the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The real estate bubble in the United States, which forced many financial institutions and banks into bankruptcy, is the main cause of this financial crisis. According to the Treasury Department, this recession resulted in 8.8 million job losses between 2007 and 2009. A 2009 study by the United States Census Bureau estimated that 48.6 million people in the United States were not insured. This was a great threat to the United States economy, budget, and security. In order to address this problem, the Affordable Care Act was passed on March 23, 2010. The main goal of this law is to provide affordable, quality health care to the uninsured, reduce the overall costs of care health care and end consumer discrimination related to pre-existing medical care. terms. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 32 million uninsured people will be insured by 2019. This will increase the volume of samples and biopsies entering pathology labs. As a result of this increased volume, many large laboratories and hospitals will see a substantial increase in revenue and therefore an increase in demand for PA. The Affordable Care Act's low reimbursement rate has forced many small labs to freeze hiring, cut salaries, or even close. Additionally, many smaller laboratories will lose business to larger laboratories, further increasing the workload. This in turn could lead to a change resulting in more PAs working in a much larger laboratory. It is the responsibility of these laboratories to evolve with the changes to ensure that sample quality and frozen section sample turnaround time are not affected. Additionally, we can expect an increase in doctor visits due to Baby B...... middle of article......gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/Documents /20120413_FinancialCrisisResponse.pdfBarbara J. McKenna, M. (nd). President of the American Society of Clinical Pathology at the University of Michigan. Retrieved January 14, 2014, from The Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Workforce Shortage: an Impending Perfect Storm: http://www.pathology.ecu.edu/Public/graduate/SEAPC.pdfStanley J. Robboy, M., Sally Weintraub, M . , and Andrew E. Horvath, ME (nd). Development of a predictive model to examine factors influencing supply. Retrieved from Pathologist Workforce in the United States: http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.5858/arpa.2013-0200-OARichard A. Robbins, MM (nd). Who will benefit and who will lose from Obamacare? Excerpted from Southwest Hournal of pulmonary care. : http://www.swjpcc.com/editorial/2013/8/16/who-will-benefit-and-who-will-lose-from-obamacare.html