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Friday, April 23, 2010

The New Health Care Law and You

Source: AARP Bulletin Today | Updated April 23, 2010


Calling the Department of Health and Human Services “a health insurance reform Help Desk,” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius pledged that department officials would help consumers understand the reforms under the newly enacted law. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images

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BREAKING NEWS

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, 
tours a hospital in Cincinnati with the hospital’s senior vice president
 Uma Kotagal to discuss health care reform implementation and efforts to
 improve health care quality, April 2010. Photo by Carrie Cochran/The 
Cincinnati Enquirer/AP Photo
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, tours a hospital in Cincinnati with the hospital’s senior vice president Uma Kotagal to discuss health care reform implementation and efforts to improve health care quality, April 2010. Photo by Carrie Cochran/The Cincinnati Enquirer/AP Photo
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FROM AARP

Protect Against Health Care Fraud (PDF)

How the New Law Benefits You (PDF)

Helping You Pay for Long-Term Care (PDF)

Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit & Closing the Doughnut Hole (PDF)

Key Improvements to Health Insurance Practices (PDF)