Health Care Reform

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Overview

• APTA Summary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (.pdf)
• APTA Summary of Key Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (.pdf)
• APTA Summary of the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act (.pdf)

News and Updates

• Podcast: Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law; APTA Priorities - 6/28/12
• Statement by APTA President on Health Care Law Ruling - 6/28/12
• Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law; APTA Reiterates Priorities - 6/28/12
• Heard on the Hill Special: Health Care Reform: Legal Issue Pending in US Supreme Court - 4/10/12

Learn About the Issues

• Issue in Focus Series

  Understand how certain health care issues or practice settings may be affected by the health care reform bill.

APTA's Position on Health Care Reform

• A Physical Therapy Perspective on Health Care Reform (.pdf)
• Role of the Physical Therapist in National Health Care Reform (.pdf)

APTA Comments & Summaries

• APTA Comments on Health Care Reform Rules & Regulations
• APTA Summaries of Health Care Reform Rules & Regulations

Additional Resources

• CMS Health Reform Resource Center
• IRS Small Business Tax Credit Information
• Kaiser Family Foundation Health Reform Source
• White House Health Reform Web Site

• Last Updated: 6/28/2012
• Contact: advocacy@apta.org
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