Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D058991
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.576.343.918 N03.706.615.806
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Health Care Reform Act
- Obamacare
- Public Law 111-148
- Public Law 111 148
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Acts, Affordable Care (ACA)
- Care Act, Affordable (ACA)
- Affordable Care Act
- Act, Affordable Care
- Acts, Affordable Care
- Affordable Care Acts
- Care Act, Affordable
- Care Acts, Affordable
- PL 111-148
- 111-148, PL
- PL 111 148
- PL111-148
- PL111 148
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 27 | 11 | 38 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" by people in Profiles.
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Health Insurance Loss during COVID-19 May Increase Support for Universal Health Coverage. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2022 02 01; 47(1):1-25.
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Stabilizing and Strengthening the Affordable Care Act: Opportunities for a New Administration. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2021 08 01; 46(4):549-562.
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The Affordable Care Act, COVID-19, and Health Care Insurance for Children. J Pediatr Health Care. 2021 Nov-Dec; 35(6):639-643.
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Looking around the corner: COVID-19 shocks and market dynamics in US medical tourism. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2021 Sep; 36(5):1407-1416.
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Changes in US Medicaid Enrollment During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 05 03; 4(5):e219463.
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A Path Forward: Mental Health and the U.S. Pandemic Response. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2021 04; 48(2):161-170.
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Protecting and Expanding Medicaid Access: Confronting Health Disparities Compounded by COVID-19. Popul Health Manag. 2021 12; 24(6):640-642.
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Biden And New Congress Tackle COVID-19, ACA. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 03; 40(3):376-377.
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Prevalence of Pre-existing Conditions Among Community Health Center Patients With COVID-19: Implications for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 Feb; 34(Suppl):S247-S249.
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Insuring the Population During National Emergencies Leveraging Both Medicaid and the Marketplace. Am J Public Health. 2021 04; 111(4):640-642.