Health Care Reform

Websites

• Health Reform Source (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; ongoing)
  
• Health Costs Articles (Kaiser Health News; ongoing)
• Health Reform Articles (Kaiser Health News; ongoing)
• Health Care Articles (AARP; ongoing)

Reports and Fact Sheets

• Unintended Consequences Of Steps To Cut Readmissions And Reform Payment May Threaten Care Of Vulnerable Older Adults (Health Affairs; June 2012)
• Medicare Is Not “Bankrupt”: Health Reform Has Improved Program’s Financing (The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; April 2012)
• The Affordable Care Act Helps Seniors (The White House; March 2012)
• HealthCare: Information for Those 65 or Older (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; March 2012)
  
• Medicare Beneficiary Savings and the Affordable Care Act (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; February 2012)
• How the Affordable Care Act Helps Seniors (National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare; February 2012)
• Affordable Care Act Provisions Affecting the Rural Elderly (U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration; December 2011)
• The Top Five Things You Need to Know About the Affordable Care Act (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; December 2011)
• Seniors and the Affordable Care Act (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; August 2011)
• The Affordable Care Act: The American Version of Health Care for All (Older Women's League; May 2011)
• Helping Advocates & Professionals Maintain a Clear Focus on Reform (American Society on Aging; Spring 2011)
  
• Better Benefits, Better Health for Seniors (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; March 2011)
• Baby Boomers and the Affordable Care Act (The Commonwealth Fund; January 2011)
  
• Health Care Reform Provisions Affecting Older Adults (GSA; 2010)
• The Affordable Care Act Gives America’s Seniors Greater Control Over Their Own Health Care (The White House; April 2010)
• Will Health Care Costs Bankrupt Aging Boomers? (Urban Institute; February 2010)
• Update: Age Rating under Comprehensive Health Care Reform (AARP; January 2010)
• Implications of Health Reform for Retiree Health Benefits (Employee Benefit Research Institute; January 2010)
• Health Insurance Coverage for Older Adults: Implications of a Medicare Buy-In (Kaiser Family Foundation; December 2009)
• The Economic Case for Health Care Reform (Council of Economic Advisors; December 2009)
• State Variation and Health Reform (Kaiser Family Foundation; October 2009)
• Increasing Health Insurance Coverage for High-Cost Older Adults (AARP; July 2009)
• Increasing Health Insurance Coverage for High-Cost Older Adults in the 50-to-64 Age Group In Brief (AARP; July 2009)
• Health Care Reform: What’s at Stake for 50- to 64-Year-Olds? (AARP; March 2009)

Press Releases, Blogs, and Articles

• The Affordable Care Act: U.S. Supreme Court finds the law constitutional (AARP; June 2012)
  
• A reader’s guide to health care ruling (SCOTUS Blog; June 2012)
  
• Health Care Law Delivers Free Prevntive Services to Over 14 Million People with Medicare in 2012 (U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; June 2012)
• Over 5.2 Million People with Medicare Save $3.7 Billion on Prescription Drugs Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; June 2012)
• What's At Stake For Medicare Beneficiaries In Supreme Court Decision (Kaiser Health News; June 2012)
• Stronger Benefits for Seniors, Billions in Savings This Year (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; May 2012)
  
• Health Insurance Coverage for 50- to 64-Year-Olds (AARP; February 2012)
  
• New data: Affordable Care Act delivers lower costs to more seniors with Medicare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; September 2011)
  
• Ageism and Health Care Reform: Older Adults Deserve Straight Talk (Roll Call; October 2009)
• Health Care Reform and Older Adults: Good? Bad? Ugly? (NAELA; August 2009)

Congressional Records

• H.R. 3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  
• Achieving Health Reform's Ultimate Goal: How Successful Health Systems Keep Costs Low and Quality High (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; September 2009)