Law Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Including Reconciliation Act Impact, Law, Explanation and Analysis

This is the first of two volumes providing information on the health, benefits, and employment provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the healthcare reform legislation signed into law by President Obama in March of 2010) and the associated Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. This volume provides an explanation of the acts that is arranged by subject and follows the organizational structure of the law. Special features included in the explanation include topical summaries; background or prior law discussions; comments and guidance highlighting the impact of the new laws; charts and examples illustrating the ramifications of specific law changes; captions identifying the law section added, amended, or repealed; cross references to the law and committee report paragraphs; and captions providing information on the effective date of law changes. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)