Health Reform: The Coverage, Cost, and Quality Reforms Ahead
<p>Today marks the first anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act. Despite the stormy politics of its first year, the law's initial set of consumer protections and health insurance coverage expansions was welcomed by many American families. In a new <a href="/blog/2011/health-reform-coverage-cost-and-quality-reforms-ahead">blog post</a>, Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis reviews highlights for year two, when coverage expansion efforts, as well as important measures for quality improvement and cost-control, will ramp up. <br /><br />While on commonwealthfund.org, also be sure to visit the <a href="~/link.aspx?_id=9B4EC3E4A71F457280D4CB62F713DCFC&_z=z">Health Reform Resource Center</a> to explore Affordable Care Act provisions and links to new regulations, as well as Commonwealth Fund publications on the law's impact, including: </p>
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<li>"<a href="~/link.aspx?_id=F4EDA1AE78A944BEA80198B614439375&_z=z">Realizing the Potential of Health Reform</a>" Issue Brief Series </li>
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<a href="/publications/fund-reports/2011/mar/help-horizon-how-recession-has-left-millions-workers-without">Help on the Horizon: How the Recession Has Left Millions of Workers Without Health Insurance, and How Health Reform Will Bring Relief</a> </li>
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<a href="/publications/publication/2011/jan/testimony-consumer-operated-and-oriented-plan-co-op-program-under">Testimony—The Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program Under the Affordable Care Act</a> </li>
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<a href="/publications/issue-briefs/2010/dec/state-trends-premiums-and-deductibles-2003-2009-how-building">State Trends in Premiums and Deductibles, 2003–2009</a> </li>
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<a href="/publications/fund-reports/2010/sep/health-insurance-exchanges-and-affordable-care-act-eight">Health Insurance Exchanges and the Affordable Care Act</a> </li>
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<a href="/publications/publication/2011/feb/health-care-opinion-leaders-views-congressional-priorities">Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Congressional Priorities</a> </li>
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<a href="http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/c2da7315a8f341e892699cc3b9ee642…;
<em>States in Action</em>: Health Insurance Exchanges</a> </li>
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<a href="/publications/fund-reports/2010/sep/starting-path-high-performance-health-system-analysis-payment">Starting on the Path to a High Performance Health System: Analysis of the Payment and System Reform Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010</a> <br /><br /><br /></li>
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