In March, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act. In this ongoing series, we'll discuss the new law and try to help you make sense of it. September is going to be a big month in the implementation of the new law. Here are three more changes set to take place by September 23:

In March, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act. In this ongoing series, we'll discuss the new law and try to help you make sense of it. September is going to be a big month in the implementation of the new law. Here are the major changes set to take place by September 23:

Back in March, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act. In this ongoing series, we'll discuss the new law and try to help you make sense of it. So what has changed in the last five months?

Last night's passage of the much talked about healthcare reform bill has been called just about every possible adjective today. Now, we're not politicians, but we do know something about healthcare, and what we're sure of is that this bill means more people will need to find a doctor. Clearly, finding a primary care doctor has never been an easy task in the United States. Add over 30 million newly insured people, and instantly it's easy to be afraid of doctor shortages and long wait times. But here's what we have to say about those millions of newly insured: Bring 'em on.

Professor Chris P. Lee is currently Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School where he has won several awards for his teaching. Chris served in analyst and VP roles in Canada’s CIBC and the BMO Group as well as Silicon Valley’s WellNet Inc. (now part of The Health Central Network). Chris was nominated and awarded by the Institute for Management Science and Operations Research (INFORMS) three times, and is also a co-investigator on a $4.4 million United States Department of Defense research project. We had the chance to talk to Chris about the operations of health care, where we fall short, and what we’re doing right.

Paul Mango is a Director in the Pittsburgh office of McKinsey & Company, where he leads the Global Health Care Practice. Working with some of the country’s largest health insurers and  providers organizations with an emphasis on health reform, we sat down with Paul to discuss how real health care reform really starts at home.

Among the numerous debates surrounding the implementation of universal healthcare in the United States, one issue that isn’t often addressed could end up becoming the biggest: how to successfully provide everyone with access to healthcare.