CSSP Highlights How Communities and the Affordable Care Act

The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) has released a series of issue briefs highlighting how communities can ensure that their residents are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As more and more components of the ACA are implemented, it's important that leaders at the community level fully understand the ACA's implications and the opportunities it provides for expanding health care access nationwide. How well the ACA is understood, embraced and implemented in communities across the country will determine its success.

CSSP’s briefs break down the ACA and explore how place-based initiatives can advance implementation of health reform and how health reform implementation can in turn further the work of these community-driven initiatives. Check out the briefs below: 

• Going Beyond Coverage to Improve Community Health - Issue Brief 1
• Consumer Protection and Patient's Bill of Rights - Issue Brief 2 
• Community Roles in Assuring Coverage and Benefits - Issue Brief 3 
• Community Roles in Maximizing Eligibility & Enrollment in California - Issue Brief 4