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| Get the Facts on Health Reform | |
| No More Sticker Shock | |
| One provision of the new health reform law is a side-of-the-box-style summary of what's inside each plan — consumer friendly information to aid comparison-shopping for insurance. Download 1-page PDF 8/23/11 LATEST! | |
| Affordable Care Act at 1 | |
| Thousands more Iowa children and their parents gain access to quality health insurance and health care with provisions in the new reform law. See our issue snapshot or download 3-page PDF. 3/25/11 The new health reform law offers significant consumer protections that will specifically benefit Iowa women. See our issue snapshot or download 1-page PDF. 3/24/11 Pre-existing conditions and advancement into the mid-20s no longer keep people off insurance — part of consumer protections in the 1-year-old health reform law. See our issue snapshot or download 2-page PDF. 3/23/11 Though the Affordable Care Act focuses much on the underinsured or uninsured, it also provides benefits and savings to those on Medicare or near retirement age. See our issue snapshot or download 2-page PDF. 3/22/11 The 1-year-old health reform law contains measures to help small businesses and their employees get affordable health insurance coverage. See our issue snapshot or download 1-page PDF. 3/21/11 | 
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| Issues to Watch in Setting Up Health Benefits Exchanges | |
| Middleman or mouse click? While proposals in the Statehouse would require Iowans to find insurance through a broker, finding it online at their convenience is what the federal health reform law intends. See our 2-page backgrounder (PDF). 3/3/11 What is an exchange? See our 1-page backgrounder (PDF). 2/17/11 | |
| The Affordable Care Act contains provisions that have the potential to benefit hundreds of thousands of Iowans. Health Benefits Exchanges are the central feature of the act. See our Policy Brief or download 7-page PDF. 12/21/10 | |
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