The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act andthe Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act

Immediate Benefits

The Affordable Care Act: Immediate Benefits for Nevada (White House, 5/28/10)
The Benefits of Health Reform in Nevada (DPC, 6/22/10)
Six Months of Health Reform and a Patient's Bill of Rights (9/22/10)  NEW!
The Immediate Benefits of Health Care Reform (8/27/10)

Provisions

Making Coverage Affordable (3/26/10)
Implementation Timeline (7/23/10)
The Health Insurance Exchange (3/30/10)
Reducing Premiums to Make Coverage Affordable (3/30/10)
Improving the Quality of Care for All Americans (4/1/10)
Reducing Waste, Fraud and Abuse (9/17/10)
Cost Containment (4/1/10)
Strenghthening Medicare for Our Nation's Seniors (9/17/10)
Strengthening and Improving Medicaid (3/30/10)
Promoting Prevention and Improving Public Health (3/30/10)
Ensuring Affordable Choices for Small Businesses (4/1/10)
More Affordable Medicines for Children and Underserved Communities (4/1/10)
Investing in Our Nation's Health Care Workforce (4/1/10)
Insurance Market Reforms that Protect Consumers (3/23/10)

How will health care reform help you?

'Government Takeover?' Not According to the Health Care Industry (8/3/10)
A User's Guide to Health Care Reform (AARP)

Click to learn about benefits for:

• YOUR FAMILY
• SMALL BUSINESSES
• Small Business Tax Credit Calculator (Small Business Majority)
• Debunking More Myths on the Affordable Care Act and Small Business (White House Blog, 5/27/10)
• Administration Releases New Guidance on Small Business Health Care Tax Credit (White House, 5/17/10)
  
• SENIORS
• Medicare and the New Health Care Law - What it Means for You (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, 5/10)
• Closing the Prescription Drug Coverage Gap (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, 5/10)
• Q & A: Medicare "Accountable Care Organizations" Shared Savings Program (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, 6/10)
• WOMEN
• RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES
• EARLY RETIREES - AGED 55 TO 64
• Fact Sheet: The Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (White House Blog, 5/25/10)
• RURAL NEVADANS
• YOUNG ADULTS
• Fact Sheet: Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act: Protecting Young Adults and Eliminating Burdens on Families and Businesses (White House)
• Q & A: Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act: Protecting Young Adults and Eliminating Burdens on Families and Businesses (White House)
• Tax-Free Employer-Provided Health Coverage Now Available for Children Under Age 27 (IRS, 4/27/10)
• CHILDREN
• HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
• NEVADANS WITH DISABILITIES
• SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
• NATIVE AMERICANS
• LATINOS (spanish version)
• AFRICAN AMERICANS
• ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 - H.R. 4872

Key Improvements of the Affordable Care Act under the Reconciliation Act

Summary of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act

Full Text of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Score for the Reconciliation Bill

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

Short Summary of PPACA as Passed

Detailed Summary of PPACA as Passed

Full Text of PPACA as Passed

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Score for PPACA as Passed

For more information on health care reform, please visit:

HealthCare.Gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

Putting Americans In Control of Their Health Care (The White House)

U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

U.S. Senate Committee on Finance