From strengthening Medicare to expanding access to preventive services to holding insurance companies accountable – young adults, families, and seniors have begun to see benefits from the Affordable Care Act. Here are eight ways the law helps Americans in 2011.

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Starting today, provider groups from across the country will get support in providing better, more coordinated health care through an initiative called the Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Model. This initiative will advance the best practices of primary care doctors, specialists, hospitals and other providers in coordinating care for patients with Medicare. There are 32 leading health care organizations from across the country that will participate in this new initiative made possible by the Affordable Care Act.