President Obama signed into law an historic package of health reforms that will dramatically improve the state of health care across America. The new health reform law will guarantee that everyone—businesses large and small, seniors, children, those who currently have insurance and those who don't—have access to health coverage they can afford.

These state-specific one-page fact sheets are designed for advocates to use in their communities and highlight the following issues that the new health reform law addresses:

• Cracking down on insurance company abuses,
• Ending runaway premiums for the middle class,
• Providing financial security and stability, and
• Expanding coverage that will save lives.
  

Alabama	Louisiana	Ohio
Alaska	Maine	Oklahoma
Arizona	Maryland	Oregon
Arkansas	Massachusetts*	Pennsylvania
California	Michigan	Rhode Island
Colorado	Minnesota	South Carolina
Connecticut	Mississippi	South Dakota
Delaware	Missouri	Tennessee
District of Columbia	Montana	Texas
Florida	Nebraska	Utah
Georgia	Nevada	Vermont
Hawaii	New Hampshire	Virginia
Idaho	New Jersey	Washington
Illinois	New Mexico	West Virginia
Indiana	New York	Wisconsin
Iowa	North Carolina	Wyoming
Kansas	North Dakota
Kentucky

* Massachusetts data are not reportable because implementation of the state's health reform law began in 2006 and continued into the report period. For more information on health reform in Massachusetts, please see our report, Massachusetts Health Reform of 2006.