In March of 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (known together as the Affordable Care Act or ACA). The largest legislative overhaul of the US health care system since the expansion of the Social Security Act in the 1960s, it invoked a fierce national debate about the elements required for reform. Many of the ACA's provisions do not take effect until 2014, creating a unique liminal space after passage but before implementation in which uncertainties and anxieties are expressed. This gulf between the intentions of policy and the results of implementation can lead to productive moments of investigation. Since they will undoubtedly be impacted by this legislation, this research examined the perspectives of future healthcare professionals who will enter the workforce around the time the ACA is fully implemented.