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Read a summary of the final health reform legislation and the reconciliation bill Read summary materials of the final bills, including a timeline and "Questions and Answers" document by the House Ways and Means Committee Get a section by section explanation of the reconciliation bill, or "fix" package Read a summary of key Medicaid and CHIP provisions in the health reform bill Get a Q&A by the Center for Children and Families about maintenance of effort (MOE) provisions in the health reform bill Read a summary on home visitation measures included in the health reform bill Side-by-side comparison by the Kaiser Family Foundation comparing various issues contained in the final bill signed by the President, along with the major proposals from the House, Senate, and White House The First Focus Health Reform Resource - fact sheets, research and reports, letters, and advertisements about protecting the needs of children in health reform. Included is a new report, "Children in Health Reform: Comparing CHIP to the Exchange Plans," which shows that CHIP outperforms the proposed Exchange plan in seven of eight measures for kids The Voices for America's Children Children's Health Policy - information and advocacy tools to support health reform and protect children The Center for Children and Families at the Georgetown University Implementing Health Care Reform - publications and information to guide states and advocates in implementation The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) HealthReform.gov - research, reports, and news about health care reform, including a report about the impact health reform would have on Michigan |




