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ACHA Guidelines Document:
Standards for Student Health Insurance/ Benefits Programs (.pdf)

Contacts:
Jake Baggott, MLS, Chair, ACHA Advocacy Coalition, jbaggott@siu.edu

Diane Plumly, MA, Chair, ACHA Student Health Insurance/Benefits Plans Coalition, plumly.1@osu.edu


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Resources on
Health Care Reform

ACHA is posting resources that will help familiarize you with the tenor and issues that have been discussed nationally:

Legislation

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (HR 3590 became public law no: 111-148)

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HR 4872 became public law no: 111-152) – health care finance and revenue changes made to the PPACA

Implementing Regulations

Affordable Care Act —Student Health Insurance Coverage

ACHA Frequently Asked Questions – Proposed Federal Regulations for Student Health Insurance Coverage; February 15, 2011

ACE – DHHS – Summary of Major Provisions of Proposed Regulation for Student Health Insurance Plans; February 11, 2011

Federal Register Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Student Health Insurance Coverage; February 11, 2011.

New Rule Ensures Students Get Health Insurance Protections of the Affordable Care Act. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; February 9, 2011.

Other Resources

The State of Student Health Insurance: Applying ACHA Standards in [pdf], ACHA 2011 Annual Meeting workshop presentation, Tuesday, May 31, 2011, Phoenix, AZ. Diane Plumly, MA, Cindy McGahey, MBA, Valerie Lyon, MHA, M. Jacob Baggott, MLS. [This PowerPoint presentation may not be reproduced, disseminated, published, or transferred in any form or by any means, except with the prior written permission of ACHA.]

HealthReformGPS: Navigating Implementation, A project of the GWU Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program and the RWJF.

IRS Guidance on Employer-Provided Health Coverage Now Available for Children under Age 27

Kaiser Family Foundation Health Reform website

Kaiser Family Foundation Health Reform Implementation Timeline

Kaiser Family Foundation, Glossary of Key Health Care Reform Terms [pdf]

Kaiser Family Foundation, EXPLAINING HEALTH CARE REFORM BRIEF: Questions About the Extension of Dependent Coverage to Age 26, April 2010

Kaiser Family Foundation, What the Actuarial Values in the Affordable Health Care Act Mean [pdf], April 2011

Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (US Department of Health & Human Services)

CCIIO Regulations and Guidance, Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act: Protecting Young Adults and Eliminating Burdens on Families and Businesses:

Fact Sheet: Website or PDF

FAQs: Website or PDF

McKenna, Long, & Aldridge, LLP, PPACA Implementation Timeline

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Reform website

US Dept of Health & Human Services Health Reform website

Young Invicibles, Finding Health Insurance Toolkit at gettingcovered.org