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The information on this page reflects the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as introduced on November 21, 2009. For the latest information on the health reform legislation, please click here.
Text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as Introduced
Summary
Background
- The Cost of Inaction
- The Cost of Inaction State-by-State Fact Sheets
- Support for Reform from Republican Leaders
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Responding to Opponents
Immediate Benefits
Provisions
- Making Coverage Affordable
- Insurance Market Reforms that Protect Consumers
- Reducing Premiums to Make Coverage Affordable
- Cost Containment Provisions
- The Health Insurance Exchange
- Shared Responsibility for Health Care
- Community Health Insurance Option
- Abortion Provisions
- Providing Affordable Choices for Small Businesses
- Good for Business, Good for Jobs, and Good for the Economy
- Strengthening Medicare for our Nation's Seniors
- Strengthening and Improving Medicaid
- Investing in Our Nation's Health Care Workforce
- Promoting Prevention and Improving Public Health
- Improving the Quality of Care for All Americans
- Reforming the Health Care Delivery System
- Reducing Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and Private Insurance
- Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act
- More Affordable Medicines for Children and Underserved Communities
- The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act
Helping Americans
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help American Families
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help Seniors
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help Women
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help Racial and Ethnic Minorities
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help Early Retirees
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help Rural Americans
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help People with Disabilities
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help Young Adults
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help Children
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help Health Care Providers
- How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Help States
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