How Health Care Reform Affects You
We have information and resources to help you understand the individual insurance marketplace and how it has changed since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in 2010. Whether you are insured, uninsured or underinsured, individual coverage now may be purchased through something called a health insurance exchange. This is a new, online government-run marketplace for comparing and buying health insurance plans.
Feel overwhelmed? Take a look at the tools and resources below. They can help you understand your options.
The Affordable Care Act and you
No matter who you are, the ACA has likely impacted you in some way. Here are some things to consider, based on whether you have insurance and how you get that insurance.
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Health Care Reform: Watch and Learn
Health insurance exchanges
Learn more about how the new health insurance exchanges work and how they may affect you.
These links will help you find out what you need to know:
- Learn about new rules under the ACA that require your insurance carrier or employer to collect and report your Social Security number to the IRS.
- Learn how buying marketplace insurance impacts filing your federal tax return.
- See an overview of the most important changes for 2014/2015.
- See our glossary of health care reform-related terms.
- See all of our health care reform Q&As for consumers.
- Scan our Health Care Reform timeline to look at changes in the next decade under the law.
- Get detail about the changes under the law, by topic.
- Get important summary of benefits and coverage information for individuals.
Ready to take the next step?
- Buy from us on this page.
- Explore plan options on your state's public exchange. Find a link to your state's exchange on www.healthcare.gov.
Bought a plan and want to know what comes next?
- Learn more about your public exchange/marketplace plan.
