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Learn More About America's Affordable Health Choices Act

July 17, 2009
Blog Post
Learn more about America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (HR 3200) which will curb out-of-control costs, encourage competition among insurance plans to improve choices for patients, and expand access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans.

Summary Documents:

Read a summary>>

Read the bill text (pdf)>>

Read the bill text (html)>>

Section-by-Section Analysis>>

Changes from Discussion Draft>>

Overview:

What's in the Health Care Reform Bill for You?>>

Paying For Health Care Reform>>

Controlling Health Care Costs>>

A Dose of Reality: Myths vs. Facts>>

Health Care by the Numbers>>

Cost of Inaction>>

Support:

List of Supporters>>

Letters of Support>>

Revenue Provisions:

Health Care Surcharge and Households>>

Health Care Surcharge and Small Businesses>>

Health Bill Would Raise Less Revenue Than Reagan and Bush Tax Increases>>

How the Health Care Surcharge Works>>

Summary of Revenue Provisions>>

Fact Sheets - Health Reform at a Glance:

The Health Insurance Exchange>>

Public Health Insurance Option>>

Shared Responsibility>>

Guaranteed Benefits>>

Making Coverage Affordable>>

Consumer Protections and Insurance Market Reforms>>

Employers and Health Reform>>

Strengthening the Nation's Health Workforce>>

Delivery System Reform>>

Protecting Program Integrity by Preventing Waste, Fraud and Abuse>>

Strengthening Medicare>>

Improving the Medicare Part D Drug Program>>

Maintaining and Improving Medicaid>>

Preventing Disease and Improving the Public's Health>>

Rural America>>

Around the Web:

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Visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/HealthReform>>

Energy and Commerce Committee>>

Ways and Means Committee>>

Education and Labor Committee>>

Latest News:

The Gavel: We Are Going To Get This Done (7/17/09)>>

Pelosi House Leaders, Committee Chairs Remarks at Press Conference on America's Affordable Health Choices Act (7/17/09)>>

The Gavel: American Health Insurance Reform Hits Another Historic Milestone (7/17/09)>>

Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference on Introduction of Health Care Legislation (7/14/09)>>

Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference on Health Care Reform for the Middle Class (7/13/09)>>