Health Care Reform
Bill Status:
Signed into Law On March 21, 2010, the House of Representatives took an up or down vote to improve the lives of tens of millions of American families and small businesses owners. This final health care legislation will ensure that all Americans have access to quality, affordable health care and significantly reduce long-term health care costs.
Below are a number of documents that explain how the new legislation will affect you.
- Common questions and answers in the Health Reform Q&A
- Learn about the Immediate Benefits of Health Insurance Reform
Fact Sheets
Giving Americans Peace of Mind
Improving Quality of Care for Every American
- Guaranteed Benefits
- Shared Responsibility of Health Insurance Reform
- Health Reform for Rural America
- Preventing Disease and Improving the Public's Health
- Addressing Health and Health Care Disparities
- Innovative Delivery System Reform
- Strengthening the Nation's Health Workforce
- Women Have the Most to Gain from Health Reform
- What's in it for Young Americans?
Strengthening Medicare & Medicaid
- Fact Sheet: Strengthening Medicare
- Medicare Part D & Closing the Donut Hole
- Medicare Part D Donut Hole Rebate Checks, district-level analysis
- Medicare Advantage
- Maintaining and Improving Medicaid
- Health Reform: A Guide for Seniors
Employers & Small Businesses
Controlling Costs
- Summary of Revenue Provisions
- Making Coverage Affordable
- Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
- The Cost of Inaction
- Health Care by the Numbers
- Strong Cost Containment Measures
- Paying for Health Reform
Publications
Reconciliation Bill
- Reconciliation Bill Text
- Section by Section Analysis of the Reconciliation Bill
- Reconciliation Bill Makes Key Improvements To Senate-passed Bill
- Regular Procedure to Pass Health Insurance Reform
- Implementation Timeline
- Transparent Process for Health Care Reform
CBO Score
- Updated CBO Score, March 20, 2010
- Full CBO Score for H.R. 4872, March 18, 2010
- Four Key Points About the CBO Score
- CBO Score for H.R. 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, February 18, 2011
Related Documents
- Compilation of Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (and related provisions), as amended through May 1, 2010
- Compilation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended through May 1, 2010
- Social Security Act
Press
- Historic Health Reform Approved, March 21, 2010
- Committee Chairmen's Statement Regarding TRICARE, March 21, 2010
- Chairman Waxman's Rules Committee Statement, March 20, 2010
- Tri-Committee Chairmen Joint Statement on Introduction of Health Reform Bill to Provide Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans, March 18, 2010
Video
Archive
District by District and Metro Area Analysis of the Impact of Repealing Health Reform
District by District Impact of Republican Medicare Plan and Medicaid Cuts
Supreme Court Amicus Brief on the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Provision
Supreme Court Amicus Brief on the Affordable Care Act's Minimum Coverage Provision
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