On June 15, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released an updated version of its health reform implementation timeline.  The timeline outlines the key provisions of the law and when they take effect.

From the report: The implementation timeline reflects the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which President Obama signed on March 23, 2010, as well as provisions in the Health Care & Education Reconciliation Act, which was signed on March 30, 2010.  It includes more than a dozen key provisions scheduled to take effect in 2010, including the creation of a national high-risk pool for people with pre-existing conditions that can’t buy insurance on their own, tax credits for small businesses that obtain health coverage for their workers and assistance for Medicare beneficiaries with high drug costs who get hit by the drug benefit’s coverage gap or “doughnut hole,” and continues through 2014, when the major reforms to expand access to health coverage are fully implemented.

Full report: Health Reform Implementation Timeline (PDF | 313KB)

KFF.  (2010).  Health reform implementation timeline.