Our Vision for U.S. Health Care — A Vision from Values
The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act became law on March 23, 2010. CHA and the Catholic health ministry have been working for decades on behalf of health reform that protects life and expands coverage to the greatest possible number of people in our country. The Affordable Care Act is not perfect but it represents a good start toward providing access to everyone.

CHA continues to be actively engaged in health reform implementation as regulations are drafted to put the law into effect. As this process unfolds, additional resources will be made available to help CHA members and others understand the Affordable Care Act and its implications.

Check here often for new developments and materials.

What's New

CHA Health Reform Channel on YouTube
Visit www.YouTube.com/HealthReformWorks to see CHA-produced videos that represent part of our effort to correct misinformation and show how the reform law is already assisting individuals and families all over the country.

From Health Progress

• Health Reform Update — Physicians and the Affordable Care Act, Jeff Tieman, May-June 2012
• Health Reform Update — The Facebook Frontier, Jeff Tieman, March-April 2012
• Community Benefit — Partners and Tools Help Simplify Assessments, Julie A. Willems Van Dijk, RN, Ph.D., January-February 2012
• Debunking Death Panels — Unfounded Assumptions Undercut Planning for a Good Death, Nuala P. Kenny, OC, MD, F.R.C.P.C., January-February 2012
• Health Reform Update — The Facts Speak Volumes: Moving People to Support the Affordable Care Act, Jeff Tieman, January-February 2012
• Just Care — Who Decides?: Health Reform and Long-Term Care, Leonard M. Fleck, Ph.D., January-February 2012
• Urban Health Care — Disparities Abound, Susan C. Thomson, M.A., M.B.A., November-December 2011
• Health Reform Update — Making Us Sick — Data Shows the Foreclosure Crisis Affects Health, Jeff Tieman, November-December 2011
• Health Reform Update — Affordable Care Act: Another Success Story, Jeff Tieman, September-October 2011
• Health Reform Update — When People Get Care, There's a Real Story in It, Jeff Tieman, July-August 2011
• Health Reform Update — Divisive Discourse Has Deep Roots, Jeff Tieman, March-April 2011
• Amid Promise and Peril, Hold Mission High, Michael Rowan, M.H.S.A., March-April 2011
• Health Reform Update — Don't Let the Noise Fool You — Reform Is The Law, Jeff Tieman, January-February 2011

From Catholic Health World

• Supreme Court takes up health reform; voters weigh in with public demonstrations, April 15, 2012
• CHA joins in position briefs supporting Affordable Care Act, March 15, 2012
• Ascension Health grooms small business leaders as health reform advocates, December 1, 2011
• Affordable Care Act spurs expansion of school-based health centers, October 1, 2011
• CHA joins partners in calling for equal access to health care for all, August 15, 2011
• New CHA videos show how health reform law helps real people, August 1, 2011
• Berwick: U.S. ripe for health care delivery improvements, July 1, 2011
• Seizing the opportunity for reform, ministry works to meet challenges, July 1, 2011
• Prepared for the challenges ahead, committed to health access for all, July 1, 2011
• Affordable Care Act providing benefits now for seniors, youth, May 15, 2011
• Health reform is one year old, April 15, 2011
• Coalition launches website to educate on health reform's benefits, March 15, 2011
• CHA provides talking points for explaining, defending health reform, February 1, 2011
• Diverse organizations support health reform law, February 1, 2011
• CHA stands by its vision for health reform, January 15, 2011

> Realizing Our Vision for U.S. Health Care (.pdf)

> Vision Document (.pdf)
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