Federal Health Care Reform
The federal health care reform law, known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), created sweeping changes to the nation's health care system. When fully implemented, the law will have significant implications for access to health for all Coloradans. But much about the ACA remains uncertain. It faces significant legal challenges, and many of the law's details must be implemented by state and federal administrators.
The Colorado Trust provides resources to explain the provisions, implementation timeline and impact of the ACA. The Trust also monitors the latest state and federal legislative and regulatory developments, and tracks legal developments and court decisions that could affect the ACA's constitutionality or implementation.
Health Reform Hits Main Street
Confused about how the new health reform law really works? This short, animated movie from the Kaiser Family Foundation, featuring the "YouToons," explains the problems with the current health care system, changes underway and the big changes coming in 2014.
- The Economic Impact of Health Reform on Colorado - Issue Brief (2011)
- The Future of Colorado Health Care: An Economic Analysis of Health Care Reform and the Impact on Colorado's Economy (2011)
- Comparison of Provisions from Colorado's Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform and Federal Health Care Reform - Issue Brief (2010)
- Health Care and Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152)
- Health Care Reform in Colorado
- Kaiser Family Foundation Summary
- More about the Independent Payment Advisory Board
- State Actions to Implement Health Exchanges
- State progress on health insurance exchanges
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148)