It is a momentous time for health care reform. The new Affordable Care Act -- whose reforms went into effect yesterday, September 23, 2010 -- has some important new provisions that positively affect people with disabilities. This is great news for job seekers with disabilities who have the added pressure of finding a job in order to secure health insurance through an employer's group plan. Too often, people with disabilities seeking individual health care plans face discrimination based on pre-existing medical conditions. By 2014, this type of discrimination will be against the law.
To learn about other provisions that can positively impact individuals with disabilities, watch this week's Resource of the Week: a video from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services about the Affordable Care Act. The information you learn may be crucial to helping ease the concerns of job seekers that you are interacting with at your One Stop Centers. Who knows? You may learn some information that helps you or someone you care about as well.
For more information about the new the Affordable Care Act, visit Healthcare.gov. The new law helps seniors, young adults and the general population as well.
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