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April 15, 2010

 

H.R. 4872, THE HEALTH CARE & EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY RECONCILIATION ACT of 2010 

    Fact Check: Minority Leader Boehner's "Better Solutions" for Health Care. **New**

Implementation & Immediate Benefits:

     Immediate Benefits

     Timeline for Implementation

    

     For the most up-to-date information on implementation of the health reform law please visit:

          whitehouse.gov/healthreform 

          healthreform.gov 

          Click here for state-by-state fact sheets.

 

Paying For Reform:

    Paying for Reform

    Summary of Revenue Provisions 

 

Small Business Health Care Tax Credit 

   Key Facts (whitehouse.gov)

   Tax Credits: 4 Case Studies (whitehouse.gov)

   3 Simple Steps to discover if you qualify for the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit (irs.gov) 

 

Legislative Text and Summary Documents:

    H.R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010

Text of the Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute

Summary of the Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute

    Section by Section of the Reconciliation Bill

    3 Page Summary 

    Reconciliation Bill Makes Key Improvements to Senate-passed Bill

    Regular Procedure to Pass Health Insurance Reform

    Full CBO Score

    CBO: Preliminary Estimate of Reconciliation Legislation Combined with H.R. 3590 as Passed by the Senate

    Four Key Points You Need To Know About the CBO Score

    Estimated Revenue Effects, Joint Committee on Taxation

 

About the Bill:

    Health Reform Q&A 

    Health Care by the Numbers 

    Timeline for Implementation

    Employers and Health Reform 

    Employer Responsibility Flowchart 

    The Health Insurance Exchange

    Strengthening Medicare 

    Improving the Medicare Part D Drug Program

    Maintaining and Improving Medicaid

    Shared Responsibility

    Health Insurance Reform: A Transparent Process

    Addressing Health Care Disparities 

    Delivery System Reforms

    Curbing Taxpayer Subsidies For Private Insurers in Medicare

    Guaranteed Benefits

    Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

    Cost of Inaction

    Strengthening the Nation's Health Workforce

    Cost Containment Measures

    Small Business Guide 

    Estimated Savings 

 

Helping Americans:

    What Health Reform Does For You 

    Making Coverage Affordable

    Preventing Disease & Improving the Public's Health

    Rural America

    Protecting Consumers

    Small Businesses

    Young Americans 

    Women 

    Seniors 

 

Support for Health Insurance Reform

    Click here for a list of more than 325 organizations, representing millions of Americans, who support H.R. 4872

 

Previous Health Care Legislation

Click here for information on H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act

Click here for information on H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act