Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Aside from important insurance and health care market reforms, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) takes important steps to begin to transition our nation from one that focuses on “sick care” to health care and prevention. This includes the Prevention and Public Health Fund, a significant dedicated federal investment for transformative prevention and wellness programs, including the establishment of a Community Transformation Grant program. It also calls for the creation of a National Prevention Strategy. This section details these and other prevention and wellness provisions of the ACA.