| Descriptor English: | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (USA) | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
111-148, PL Act, Affordable Care Acts, Affordable Care Acts, Affordable Care (ACA) Affordable Care Act Affordable Care Act (ACA) Affordable Care Acts Care Act, Affordable Care Act, Affordable (ACA) Care Acts, Affordable Health Care Reform Act Obamacare PL 111 148 PL 111-148 PL111 148 PL111-148 Public Law 111 148 Public Law 111-148 |
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| Tree number(s): |
N03.219.521.576.343.918 N03.706.615.806 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058991 | ||||||
| Scope note: | An Act prohibiting a health plan from establishing lifetime limits or annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for any participant or beneficiary after January 1, 2014. It permits a restricted annual limit for plan years beginning prior to January 1, 2014. It provides that a health plan shall not be prevented from placing annual or lifetime per-beneficiary limits on covered benefits. The Act sets up a competitive health insurance market. |
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| Annotation: | add UNITED STATES; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2011 |
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| History Note: | 2011 |
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| DeCS ID: | 54393 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D058991 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2011/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 2010/06/25 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/05 |
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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| Concept UI |
M0545698 |
| Scope note | An Act prohibiting a health plan from establishing lifetime limits or annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for any participant or beneficiary after January 1, 2014. It permits a restricted annual limit for plan years beginning prior to January 1, 2014. It provides that a health plan shall not be prevented from placing annual or lifetime per-beneficiary limits on covered benefits. The Act sets up a competitive health insurance market. |
| Preferred term | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act |
| Entry term(s) |
111-148, PL Act, Affordable Care Acts, Affordable Care Acts, Affordable Care (ACA) Affordable Care Act Affordable Care Act (ACA) Affordable Care Acts Care Act, Affordable Care Act, Affordable (ACA) Care Acts, Affordable Health Care Reform Act Obamacare PL 111 148 PL 111-148 PL111 148 PL111-148 Public Law 111 148 Public Law 111-148 |
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