UHPP’s Implementation Station is designed to help you make sense of federal health reform (also known as the Affordable Care Act or ACA) and Utah’s progress with implementation.  Visit any of the links on this page to understand how health reform will impact Utahns and all Americans—and your family. Check back often, this page is updated every month! To find insurance options by state and learn how the ACA will help you get the care you need, by visiting HealthCare.gov. For Utah-specific information and links, visit UHPP's Find Coverage Now page. Additional Information Summary of New Health Reform Law(Kaiser Family Foundation 3/10) Health Reform Implementation Timeline (Kaiser Family Foundation 3/10) Health Reform Across the States (this RWJF report estimates the state-by-state effects of healthcare reform) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (entire health reform law) (U.S. Congress 3/10) Quick Wins: Who Will Be Helped Right Away by the New Health Care Reform Law? (Community Catalyst 3/10) Health Reform Central (Families USA) See all of UHPP's Reform Publications here. If you are interested in learning more or setting up an educational presentation call or email our Community Engagement Director at 801-433-2299 or luis@healthpolicyproject.org

The LATEST information on the ACA and Implementation in Utah

• The Affordable Care Act (ACA): What's in It for the People of Utah?

• Video Vocab: Understanding the Affordable Care Act from RWJF

• Compilation of ACA Grants- Useful for Utah?
  
  
• The Affordable Care Act: What's in it for Utah Immigrants (9/16/11)
  
  
• Federal Health Reform and Utah: New Rights and Options for Consumers (8/26/11)
  
  
• Utah Health Exchange is Geared to Small Business Employees
  (Kaiser Health News 7/6/11)
  
  

State Reform & Implementation

• Representative Dunnigan's Letter to HHS on Essential Benefits
  
  
• Governor Herbert's Letter Rejecting Exchange Early Innovator Grant
  
  
• Utah Governor's Comments on Federal Exchange Regulations
  
  
• Utah Insurance Department's Health Reform Page

Exchanges

• Setting up State Health Care Exchanges for Small Businesses: A Roadmap (Center for American Progress)
  
  
• UHPP's Exchange Page, Exchange Watch & More
  
  
• A Closer Look: Utah's Health Insurance Exchange (Governing.com 4/26/11)
  
  
• Preparing for Health Reform: The Role of the Health Insurance Exchange
  (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 3/10)
  
  
• Exchanges: Top Ten Priorities for Consumer Advocates
  (Community Catalyst 2010)
  
  

Medicaid, CHIP and Medicare in Reform

• Final Rule just announced for Medicare Accountable Care Organizations
  
  
• UHPP's up-to-date Medicaid Reform page
  
  
• Summary of Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions in Health Care Reform(Center for Children & Families, Georgetown University (3/10)
  
  
• In Perspective: Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act- Reframing the Debate
  (Families USA 10/10)
  
  
• How Health Care Reform Will Affect Medicare Beneficiaries
  (The Commonwealth Fund 3/10)
  
  

Public Health, Wellness, and Prevention

• What Directions for Public Health under the Affordable Care Act? (November 2011)
  
  

Health Equity: Health Reform and Communities of Color

• Minority Health Activities as Required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health & Human Services Report P.L. 111‐148) 
  
  
• How Health Reform Helps Communities of Color (Families USA)
  
  
• How are Immigrants Included in Health Care Reform
  (National Immigration Law Center)

Mental Health in Reform

• Affordable Care Act: What's in it for Utahns with Mental Illness or Substance Abuse Issues? (7/20/11)
  
  
• Analysis of Mental Health Provisions in Reform (Bazelon Center)
  
  
• A Summary of Provisions of Interest to Mental Health Advocates
  (Mental Health America's, New Health Care Reform Law)
  
  
• What you need to know about Health Care Reform.
  (National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI)
  
  

Legal Challenges in the Affordable Care Act

• Supreme Scenarios: Potential Outcomes of the Legal Challenge to Federal Health Reform (ACA) to Utah (4/19/12)
• Scoreboard: Tracking Health Law Court Challenges (Kaiser Health News)
  
  
• ACA Litigation Blog