Affordable Care Act

The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in March 2010 fundamentally altered the landscape for family planning service providers. The law will expand health care coverage to 32 million people through both commercial and public health coverage by 2014 and change how patients access care in the public health safety net. NFPRHA is working to ensure that quality family planning care continues to be accessible to the millions of women and men who need care.

Information about the impact that the ACA will have on federally funded family planning providers is available throughout the NFPRHA website and by following the links below.

Supreme Court Ruling on the ACA

On June 28, the Supreme Court upheld the ACA, while limiting the federal government's power to require states to expand their full-benefit Medicaid programs. Click the link below for reporting, analysis, and tools.

• Learn more about the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Regulations & Guidance

• Affordable Care Act Regulation Center
  Links to the latest regulations that could impact family planning service provision and information about submitting your own comments.
  
  
• NFPRHA comments to Affordable Care Act guidance

Implementation

• Institute of Medicine Women's Health Preventive Services Benefit
  Learn more about the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Preventive Services for Women and its work to determine which services should be considered in the development of comprehensive guidelines for preventive services for women
  
  
• National Prevention Strategy
  The creation of a National Prevention Strategy, mandated under the ACA, may provide opportunities for family planning providers
  
  
• Life After 40
  NFPRHA's tools to help family planning providers prepare for ACA implementation

Fact Sheets

• NFPRHA Opposes H.R. 1179 and S. 1467ﾠ-- October 2011 (PDF) 
• Family Planning and Health Care Reform FAQsﾠ-- March 2010 (PDF)
• Ten Things in Health Care Reform You Didn't Know Were Important for Women's Healthﾠ-- March 2010 (PDF)