Health Care Reform

House Reform Bill, Summaries, and Fact Sheets - Passed Oct. 29, 2009:

Documents and Summaries:

• Affordable Health Care for America Act (AHCAA) - Bill Text
• Short Summary
• Longer Summary
• Section by Section Summary
• Topline Changes From Introduced Bill to Blended Bill
• Implementation Timeline
• CBO Preliminary Score, October 29, 2009

Fact Sheets:

• How Does Health Reform Work for You?
• Top 10 Ways Health Insurance Reform Works for you
• Immediate Investment on the Road to Reform
• Top 10 Changes to the Health Insurance Reform Bill
• Top 14 Provisions That Take Effect Immediately

Giving Americans Peace of Mind:

• Making Coverage Affordable
• Public Option
• The Insurance Exchange
• Consumer Protections and Insurance Market Reforms

Improving Quality of Care for Every American:

• Guaranteed Benefits
• Preventing Disease/Improving the Public's Health
• Strengthening the Nation's Health Workforce
• Health and Health Care Disparities
• America's Women Have the Most to Gain
• Women's Health Care Needs
• Indian Health
• Rural America
• Shared Responsibility
• Innovative Delivery System Reform
• Health Care Surcharge Would Not Affect 99.7% of All Households

Strengthening Medicare and Medicaid/TennCare:

• Strengthening Medicare
• Improving the Medicare part D Drug Program
• Maintaining and Improving Medicaid
• Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act
• Senior Citizens and People with Disabilities
• Medicare and Medicare Advantage

Employers & Small Businesses:

• Small Business Guide
• Employers and Health Reform
• Health Care surcharge Would Not Affect 98.8% of Small Business Owners

Controlling Costs:

• Controlling Costs
• Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
• Cost of Inaction