Health Reform Implementation Timeline
With the enactment of comprehensive health reform, the Kaiser Family Foundation has prepared a timeline detailing when specific provisions of the legislation are scheduled to take effect. 

The implementation timeline reflects the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which President Obama signed on March 23, 2010, as well as provisions in the Health Care & Education Reconciliation Act passed by the House and Senate. 

It includes more than a dozen key provisions scheduled to take effect in 2010, including the creation of a national high-risk pool for people with pre-existing conditions that can't buy insurance on their own, tax credits for small businesses that obtain health coverage for their workers and assistance for Medicare beneficiaries with high drug costs who get hit by the drug benefit's coverage gap or "doughnut hole," and continues through 2014, when the major reforms to expand access to health coverage are fully implemented. 

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http://www.kff.org/healthreform/8060.cfm

Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed by the Senate on December 24, 2009 and by the House of Representatives on March 21, 2010. The House of Representatives also passed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which makes changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and has been sent to the Senate for consideration.

This interactive side-by-side provides detailed, up-to-date summaries of the new health reform law and the reconciliation bill. and other comprehensive reform proposals put forward during the year-long reform debate. In the health reform debate, many proposals for overhauling our health care system have been advanced The online tool allows users to compare the law and other plans with one another across key characteristics. In addition to the summaries offered here, the Kaiser Family Foundation also has prepared detailed descriptions of the Medicare and Medicaid provisions, and a summary of the coverage provisions in the law and other legislation.

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http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/finalhcr.pdf