Affordable Care Act and Local Public Health

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a major health care reform law that was enacted to expand health insurance coverage for patients. It also includes many changes to local public health that affect workers in the public health field. This module will summarize these changes and explain why an understanding of the ACA is important to local public health. Since the ACA is a broad and complex law, this module will just focus on the aspects that affect local public health. The content for this module comes from an article written by former Department of Public Health Commissioner, John Auerbach, in the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice (2013, 19(5), 488-491).

Please note that as the political and budgetary landscape change over time, the actual implementation of many ACA provisions may also change.

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CD is available if you do not have high speed internet access to this online module. However, participants must register on the Institute website to establish a learner profile and complete the pre-test, post-test, and the evaluation for a certificate of completion with contact hours. To request a copy of this training on CD, please contact the LPHI Manager at lphi@bu.edu.