April 2nd Update:

The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law released its summary of the new Health Care Reform Law ("Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act") listing the many benefits to people with mental health and substance abuse issues. Bazelon Summary

For more information, visit Bazelon's webpage on Health Care Reform: http://www.bazelon.org/issues/healthreform/index.htm.

March 25

"On March 23, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. This moment marks a seismic shift for health care in America, taking our country forward toward joining all the other industrialized nations in providing a national plan to bring affordable health insurance coverage to millions of Americans, including 125,000 uninsured Maine people."

So begins an open letter from Wendy Wolf, President & CEO of the Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF). The letter gives MeHAF's overall perspective on the law, as well as key points and resources to help understand what the law means. To read the letter and access information and documents linked within it, CLICK HERE. Feel free to comment below. What do you think?