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The following Congressional Resource Service reports have been released addressing key questions and concerns with the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The reports provide an in-depth look into how Americans currently covered under private insurance plans will be affected by the recently passed health care reform legislation.

For the CRS report addressing the effect of PPACA on individuals covered under grandfathered health plans under, click here.

For the CRS report addressing provisions in PPACA to raise revenues to pay for expanded health insurance coverage by imposing excise taxes and fees on the private health care industry, and other health-related revenue provisions, click here.

For the CRS report addressing the unprecedented amount of regulatory responsibility and authority in the area of health care that PPACA gives to federal agencies, click here.

For the CRS report summarizing the key provisions in PPACA affecting the private health insurance market, including individuals and employers, click here.

For the CRS report summarizing the changes made to PPACA by H.R.4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (referred to as the reconciliation bill), click here.

For the CRS report summarizing the Medicare related provisions and statutory changes to the Medicare program in PPACA, click here.

For the CRS report summarizing the changes made to Medicare by the Reconciliation Bill as issued to the Senate-passed H.R.3590 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, click here.

For the CRS report summarizing the changes made to Medicaid by the Reconciliation Act to the Senate-passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590), click here.

For the CRS report summarizing changes made to health-related revenue provisions by the Reconciliation Act to Senate-passed H.R.3590, click here.

For a CRS report of the chronology of major effective dates for private health insurance reforms in the PPACA and proposed changes in the Reconciliation Bill, click here.

For the CRS report of health insurance premium credits under PPACA, click here.

For the CRS report summarizing potential employer penalties under PPACA, click here.

For the CRS report summarizing small business health insurance tax credit under PPACA, click here.

For the CRS release of news articles on federal coverage of ED drugs for sex offenders, click here.

For the CRS report of coverage under a qualified health plan for ED drugs prescribed to convicted rapists, child molesters, and other sex offenders, click here.