The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released a series of briefs examining the impact of the national health care reform law.  Each brief outlines the impact of the law on a particular population, such as children, young adults, and the elderly.  An additional brief in the series outlines the law's potential impact on insurance premiums.

From the reports: This series of brief reports funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation explores the effects health reform will have on consumers, state governments, the economy, and health care costs. The latest reports look at how different groups of health care consumers will be affected. In these briefs, Urban Institute researchers focus on young adults, children, seniors, and those who get their insurance from individual or small-group markets.  An additional paper examines whether health outcomes will improve for individuals and families. In this paper researchers argue that while a renewed focus on prevention, wellness, and quality is important, the expansion of coverage to 30 million previously uninsured people is the law's most important contribution to better health.

Full report 1: How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Affect Young Adults (PDF | 231.5KB) 

Full report 2:  Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Improve Health Outcomes for Individuals and Families? (PDF | 230KB)

Full report 3:  How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Affect Seniors? (PDF | 186.9KB)

Full report 4: How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Affect Children? (PDF | 200KB)

Full report 5: How Will the PPACA Impact Individual and Small Group Premiums in the Short and Long Term? (PDF | 230 KB)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  (2010).  Health reform: how consumers will be affected.  Kenney, G., Pelletier, J., Blumberg, L., McMorrow, S., Berenson, R. and Holahan, J.