How the new federal health care law will help you

On September 23, 2010 new reforms under the Affordable Care Act begin to bring an end to some of the worst abuses of the insurance industry. These reforms will give Maine people new rights and benefits, including helping more children get health coverage, ending lifetime and most annual limits on care, and giving patients access to recommended preventive services without out-of-pocket costs.

View a timeline for when other benefits will take effect and how the law will help small businesses, seniors, and insured and uninsured individuals.

Also see answers to commonly asked questions about the law.