Preferred Label : patient protection and affordable care act;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : PL 111-148; 111-148, PL; PL 111 148; public law 111-148; public law 111 148; health care reform act; PL111-148; PL111 148; affordable care act (ACA); acts, affordable care (ACA); care act, affordable (ACA); obamacare; affordable care act; act, affordable care; acts, affordable care; affordable care acts; care act, affordable; care acts, affordable;
CISMeF synonym : 111-148, public law; law 111-148, public;
MeSH annotation : add UNITED STATES; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obamacare;
Origin ID : D058991;
UMLS CUI : C2936611;
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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.
