Reality Check on Health Reform, Cont.

As I mentioned a couple of months ago, we’ve launched a series of fact sheets called “Moving Forward with Health Reform” to help people (especially non-wonks) understand how the new health reform law will work — and whether the claims from opponents are true.

Today we issued two more pieces in this series:

• “ ‘Grandfathering’ Rules Strike a Balance for Consumers,” which explains how the law’s consumer protections will apply to health plans that existed when the law took effect in March.
• “Health Reform Expands Medicaid Coverage for People with Disabilities,” which explains why many low-income people with disabilities will qualify for Medicaid under the law for the first time.

Other pieces in the series explain:

• how the law strengthens Medicare and maintains guaranteed benefits for
  seniors,
• why health reform is a good deal for the states,
• how young adults can gain coverage through their parents under the new law,
• the subsidies to help low- and moderate-income families afford coverage,
• how health reform will affect employers,
• why an individual mandate is necessary for the law’s market reforms to work,
  and
• the law’s voluntary new long-term health care insurance program.