Nearly seven months after Barack Obama signed the ACA into law and a few weeks before voters go to the polls, the healthcare reform law keeps getting swatted like a ping pong ball from all sides. Dems claim victory for the little guy and point to provisions implemented on 9/23 that extend insurance coverage, fight fraud, crack down on unjustified premium hikes, and offer tax credits to small businesses. The GOP yammers about invasion of privacy, too much oversight, run-away costs, etc. The Tea Party – worries their tea might be spiked and they’ll need ER care – with or without coverage.

Wherever you fall on the spectrum of opinion, the links below offer objective insights about the immediate future of the healthcare reform law (the ACA). The repercussions on scheduled Stages 1, 2, and 3 of ARRA’s HITECH Act will subsequently be divined.

Here is a Kaiser Healthcare News’ forum whose DC correspondent, Mary Agnes Carey, discusses with LA Times Noam Levey possible midterm ramifications on ACA.

Suite101.com offers another balanced treatment that cuts through pre-election rhetoric and offers a more likely scenario of the ACA’s fate post-midterms.

Ronen Avraham, from the University of Texas, writing on the school’s Know digital periodical, addresses the political right and left nuances of the ACA.

Henry J. Aaron Ph.D., wrote a wonderfully triangulated approach to the fate of the ACA contingent upon the midterm results for the NEJM’s Perspective. Check it out at this link and get another healthy dose of healthcare reform legislation reality.