Helpful Summaries of House Health Insurance Reform Bill

The U.S. House is expected to vote on their health insurance reform bill late this week. If you're wondering exactly what's in the legislation, there are resources available that can help. Open Congress provides links to the entire text of H.R. 3962, the 1,990-page House health insurance reform bill (with comments by readers), as well as two helpful summaries of what's in the bill:

. This is a 10-page PDF written in plain language that goes over all the bill’s main provisions in pretty good detail. If you know this document, you’ll have a really good understanding of what’s in the bill and how it works.

. This is a 61-page document, written in plain English, that goes over every single Division, Title, Subtitle and section in the bill. Short of drafting errors and any sneaky loopholes (both important reasons to read the bill!) this document tells you everything that’s in the 1,990-page legislation.

The summaries were prepared by the House Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce and Education and Labor.