MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Tree Number(s): N03.219.521.576.343.918; N03.706.615.806
Unique ID: D058991
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058991
Annotation: add UNITED STATES; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
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.
Entry Term(s): Affordable Care Act; Affordable Care Act (ACA); Health Care Reform Act; Obamacare; PL 111-148; PL111-148; Public Law 111-148
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2015/06/05

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

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]
        
        Health Insurance Exchanges [N03.219.521.576.343.918.500]
        
        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]

Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
- Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
  - Legislation as Topic [N03.706.615]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Preferred

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.
Terms: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Preferred Term
Term UI T769844
Date04/20/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); PL 111-148
Term UI T769845
Date04/20/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Health Care Reform Act
Term UI T769846
Date04/20/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Public Law 111-148
Term UI T771087
Date05/12/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Term UI T813218
Date11/25/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Affordable Care Act
Term UI T827708
Date08/09/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Obamacare
Term UI T845827
Date06/18/2013
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); PL111-148
Term UI T771086
Date05/12/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011)

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