Learn More: The Affordable Care Act & Minnesota's Health Benefits Exchange

The Basics

Get the basics from The Affordable Care Act: What You Need to Know
What is an Exchange? Find out in this simple summary
Building a Consumer-Friendly Exchange -- Four Key Features
Learn about Navigators – organizations that will help people get health care through the exchange – in this short power-point
Learn more about the Exchange Advisory Task Force's work in blog posts about the meetings from TakeAction health care leaders

Health Care Videos

I Don't Want Insurance Companies Running My Exchange -- hear from TakeAction Minnesota health care leaders at the Capitol on why they don't trust insurance companies on the Governing Board of the Exchange.
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, here's a bunch of Sh*t Insurance Companies (Can't) Say.
Watch health care leaders wish the Affordable Care Act A Hearty Happy Birthday!
The Fox and the Henhouse: A Cautionary Tale.

Position Statements & Policy Briefs

Partner Resources

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Watch this great animated video Health Care Reform Hits Main Street from the Kaiser Foundation, and then see the same characters in this interactive tool Illustrating Health Care Reform: How Health Insurance Coverage Will Work. If you want to share a copy with friends or family, print out this handy guide.
Watch the Thanks Obamacare! Video and visit their website for other great resources
Discover what the ACA means for you and your family in this great primer from Consumer Reports
Read the law, debunk myths and find one-pagers about key pieces of the ACA at HealthCare.Gov and WhiteHouse.Gov
Read more about 12 top reasons to like the Affordable Care Act at Stand Up for Health Care
Are you a young adult? Check out Young Invincibles toolkit for getting health coverage.
Starting last year, up to 4 million small business owners who provide healthcare to employees were eligible for tax credits. The Small Business Majority has a fun calculator to find out how much owners will be saving.

Minnesota’s Health Benefits Exchange

Want to know how much your health care could be subsidized come 2014? Click here.
Why our exchange should include a Basic Health Plan
Find out about the latest developments in Minnesota’s Exchange at the State’s new Health Reform website
What can the Exchange do to tackle disparities in health? Click here to learn more. Then read the Commissioner of Health's report on challenges and opportunities around addressing disparities through the Exchange, and recommendations from the Task Force on policy levers for addressing disparities.