Tricia Newman
Vice President, KCMU
Director Medicare Policy Project
Kaiser Family Foundation

Tricia Newman is a Vice President of the Kaiser Family Foundation and Director of the foundation's Medicare policy project.

In the tutorial below, the role of Medicare in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will be covered. Although Medicare was not a primary focus of the health reform law, it quickly became a key player in expanding coverage to the uninsured while controlling costs. This tutorial covers the main Medicare provisions as well as potential implications for Medicare beneficiaries.

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For additional information see the following resources:

• Kaiser Family Foundation
• DHHS consumer website
• Alliance for Health Reform
• National Assocaition of Insurance Commissioners
• National Governors Assocaition

Additional KaiserEdu Tutorials:

• Health Care reform: A retrospective
• Reform: How Will Medicaid Change?
• Health Reform and Medicare

Jennifer Tolbert is an Associate Director with the Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured at the Kaiser Family Foundation. This article will guide you to an overview presentation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as the Health Reform Law enacted on March 23, 2010. This overview focuses on key areas of the law including, health insurance coverage, delivery system improvements and the cost containment efforts currently in place within the law.

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