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The percentage of people ages
50 through 64 who have a great
deal or quite a lot of confidence
in the medical system
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Trends
7 Myths
About
Health
Reform
Here’s how the
new law will impact
you—for real
B Y BETH HOWARD
PHOTOGRAPH BY ADAM VOORHES
PROP STYLIST: ROBIN FINLAY. POLL ILLUSTRATION BY DEEPLOCAL; SOURCE: GALLUP
The 2012 presidential election has dialed up the rhetoric
on health care reform. But
how much of it is true? “The
amount of misinformation
about the Afordable Care Act
[ACA] is astonishing,” says
Shana Alex Lavarreda, Ph.D.,
director of health insurance
studies at the UCLA Center
for Health Policy Research.
“The point of the law is to
make the health system better
for each person, for less cost
to society overall.” But myths
about the ACA abound.
Here are some of the most
persistent—and the straight
facts about the law:
Find more information on the Affordable Care Act at
aarp.org/healthlawguide and aarp.org/getthefacts.
