Perspectives on Essential Health Benefits: Workshop Report

by Institute of Medicine, Committee on Defining and Revising an Es, Board on Health Care Services, et al.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (herein known as the Affordable Care Act ACA]) was signed into law on March 23, 2010. Several provisions of the law went into effect in 2010 (including requirements to cover children up to age 26 and to prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage based on preexisting conditions for children). Other provisions will go into effect during 2014, including the requirement for all individuals to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309215439
• ISBN13: 9780309215435
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 182 Pages