The One Resource That Explains EVERY Provision of the Single Most
Sweeping Piece of Legislation in 50 Years!
CCH's Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, Including Reconciliation Act Impact provides
employers, legal, legislative, health, and insurance professionals with
comprehensive explanation and analysis of every aspect of health care reform
legislation. The information is crucial, current, and reliable and offers
complete, clear and practical guidance on every provision.
This is one of the most high-impact pieces of legislation passed in decades.
Taken together, the laws are over 2,800 pages long. Many hundreds of changes
are made to existing laws – over 600 changes to the Social Security Act alone
(which contains all of the Medicare and Medicaid law), including almost 50
newly added provisions. Other laws affected include the Employee Retirement
Income and Security Act (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, the Internal
Revenue Code, and even the Fair Labor Standards Act, among others.
Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act, Including Reconciliation Act Impact include contains
almost 500 expert explanations telling you what all those law
changes mean.
Only Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, Including Reconciliation Act Impact includes:
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An editorially enhanced version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act that integrates in place changes made to it by the Reconciliation Act of
2010 and Title X amendments
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Text of the Joint Committee on Taxation report that provides background
information on the revenue-related provisions of the laws
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Finding devices to help navigate between analysis and official text
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Caution notes
The legislation contains the most significant health care changes in decades.
Topics covered include the following:
For employers:
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Enhanced employer responsibility
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Insurance market reforms
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Health insurance exchanges
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Individual responsibility mandate
For health providers and beneficiaries:
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Expanded eligibility rules for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance
Program
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Reimbursement changes for physicians and hospitals to focus on primary and
preventive care
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Reimbursement changes for hospitals to increase coverage in rural areas
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Expansion of existing value-based purchasing and quality programs
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