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How Health Care Reform Affects You

April 1, 2010
On March 21, 2010, the House of Representatives passed a health insurance reform bill that helps extend quality, affordable health care to all Americans and helps contain our nation’s skyrocketing health care costs. The factsheets linked here provide simply, straightforward answers to your questions about health insurance reforms impacts on you.
March, 31 2009
On March 21, 2010, the House of Representatives passed a health insurance reform bill that helps extend quality, affordable health care to all Americans and helps contain our nation’s skyrocketing health care costs. The White House has developed an excellent online resourcefor Americans looking for more information about what health reform will meanfor them.

Itcan be found at:

www.whitehouse.gov/health-care-meeting

An individual can choose which situation best applies to them,among the following choices, and then can learn howhealth reform affects them:

“I have insurance through my work.”

“I own a small business.”

“I have Medicare.”

“I do not have insurance.”

“I buy my own insurance.”

Additional Detailed Fact Sheets from the White House:

HealthReform for American Families

HealthReform for Children

HealthReform for Young Adults

HealthReform for Early Retirees

HealthReform for Seniors

HealthReform for African Americans

HealthReform for Latinos

HealthReform for Rural Americans

HealthReform for Women

HealthReform for Small Businesses


Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren is serving her eighth term in Congress representing most of the City of SanJose and Santa Clara County. She is the Chair of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. She also serves as Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. She Chairs the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections and serves on the House Homeland Security Committee. Congresswoman Lofgren is Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation consisting of 34 Democratic members of the U.S.House of Representatives from California.
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