How The Health Law Changes Could Affect You

For the past few months, health reporter Michelle Andrews has been writing about various aspects of the new law for her weekly feature “Insuring Your Health.” Today, the six-month anniversary of the signing of the health bill, a number of key provisions officially kick in and Jackie Judd sat down with her to discuss them.

Listen to the interview or Read the transcript.

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<h1>How The Health Law Changes Could Affect You</h1>
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			September 23, 2010		</time>
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<p>For the past few months, health reporter Michelle Andrews has been writing about various aspects of the new law for her weekly feature “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Features/Insuring-Your-Health/index.aspx">Insuring Your Health</a>.” Today, the six-month anniversary of the signing of the health bill, a number of key provisions officially kick in and Jackie Judd sat down with her to discuss them.</p><p>      <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/09/091310_khn_iyh_audio.mp3">        <strong>Listen to the interview</strong>      </a> or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/24106238-83BA-41F3-A8FF-35BC2E0889E3"><strong>Read the transcript</strong></a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092310-michelle-andrews-health-law/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092310-michelle-andrews-health-law/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092310-michelle-andrews-health-law/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20How%20The%20Health%20Law%20Changes%20Could%20Affect%20You&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F092310-michelle-andrews-health-law%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092310-michelle-andrews-health-law/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092310-michelle-andrews-health-law/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092310-michelle-andrews-health-law/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11244&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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