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MeSH Heading: Insurance, Medigap
Tree Number(s): N03.219.521.576.343.539
Unique ID: D017054
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017054
Annotation: insures the gap between payments by private insurers & Medicare; specify geog
Scope Note: A supplemental health insurance policy sold by private insurance companies and designed to pay for health care costs and services that are not paid for either by Medicare alone or by a combination of Medicare and existing private health insurance benefits. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)
Entry Term(s): Medicare Supplement Insurance; Medicare Supplemental Insurance; Medigap Insurance; Medigap Policy
NLM Classification #: WT 31.5
Previous Indexing: Insurance, Health (1977-1991); Medicare (1977-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Date Introduced: 1992/01/01
Last Updated: 2019/05/30

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

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Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
- Economics [N03.219]
  - Financing, Organized [N03.219.521]
    - Insurance [N03.219.521.576]
      - Insurance, Health [N03.219.521.576.343]
        
        Children's Health Insurance Program [N03.219.521.576.343.071]
        
        Community-Based Health Insurance [N03.219.521.576.343.108]
        
        For-Profit Insurance Plans [N03.219.521.576.343.144]
        
        Health Benefit Plans, Employee [N03.219.521.576.343.290]
        
        Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [N03.219.521.576.343.349]
        
        Insurance, Accident [N03.219.521.576.343.409]
        
        Insurance, Dental [N03.219.521.576.343.450]
        
        Insurance, Health, Reimbursement [N03.219.521.576.343.480]
        
        Insurance, Hospitalization [N03.219.521.576.343.492]
        
        Insurance, Long-Term Care [N03.219.521.576.343.508]
        
        Insurance, Major Medical [N03.219.521.576.343.533]
        
        Insurance, Medigap [N03.219.521.576.343.539]
        
        Insurance, Nursing Services [N03.219.521.576.343.545]
        
        Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services [N03.219.521.576.343.575]
        
        Insurance, Physician Services [N03.219.521.576.343.616]
        
        Insurance, Psychiatric [N03.219.521.576.343.658]
        
        Insurance, Surgical [N03.219.521.576.343.700]
        
        Insurance, Vision [N03.219.521.576.343.750]
        
        Managed Care Programs [N03.219.521.576.343.800]
        
        Managed Competition [N03.219.521.576.343.820]
        
        Medical Savings Accounts [N03.219.521.576.343.830]
        
        Medicare [N03.219.521.576.343.840]
        
        National Health Insurance, United States [N03.219.521.576.343.900]
        
        Not-For-Profit Insurance Plans [N03.219.521.576.343.912]
        
        Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [N03.219.521.576.343.918]
        
        Prepaid Health Plans [N03.219.521.576.343.925]
        
        Prior Authorization [N03.219.521.576.343.944]
        
        Single-Payer System [N03.219.521.576.343.962]
        
        Value-Based Health Insurance [N03.219.521.576.343.972]
        
        Value-Based Purchasing [N03.219.521.576.343.981]

Insurance, Medigap Preferred

Concept UI: M0025914
Scope Note: A supplemental health insurance policy sold by private insurance companies and designed to pay for health care costs and services that are not paid for either by Medicare alone or by a combination of Medicare and existing private health insurance benefits. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)
Terms: Insurance, Medigap Preferred Term
Term UI T050923
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Medigap Policy
Term UI T050924
Date05/03/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Medicare Supplement Insurance
Term UI T000954874
Date04/05/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Medicare Supplemental Insurance
Term UI T000954875
Date04/05/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Medigap Insurance
Term UI T050922
Date05/03/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

Insurance, Medigap MeSH Descriptor Data 2026