Affordable Care Act

What is the likely impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on healthcare access, cost, and quality?

I. OVERVIEW: One paragraph that summarizes the primary intent of the Law

II. Key Variables of the Analysis

Political issues (What are the key differences in how political leaders are viewing the ACA?)

Implementation issues (What is the new time line for the implementation of the Law?)

III. Impact of Access to Care (Make sure that relevant political and implementation variables are included in your analysis)

Who is newly covered and how is this achieved?

What are exchanges and how are different States approaching them?

Status of Medicaid expansion

IV. Expected Impact on Costs (Make sure that relevant political and implementation variables are included in your analysis)

Consequences on aggregate spending

impact on health insurance premiums

Impact on efficiency.