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,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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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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Healthcare insurance status and hypertension control before and after the Affordable Care Act. Am J Hypertens. 2026 Aug 01; 39(8):1013-1020.
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Medicaid Expansion and Severe Maternal Morbidity. Obstet Gynecol. 2026 Jun 01; 147(6):885-891.
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Insurance Churn and the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 06 07; 6(6):e251467.
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Dysphagia Care in the United States: Examining the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Access to Care. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Jul; 173(1):162-170.
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Health insurance among survivors of childhood cancer following Affordable Care Act implementation. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 09 01; 116(9):1466-1478.
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Job lock among survivors of childhood cancer and their spouses post Affordable Care Act implementation: A Childhood Cancer Survivor Study brief report. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Feb; 71(2):e30790.
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Financial Hardship in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer in the Era After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol. 2023 02 10; 41(5):1000-1010.
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Estimating the Impact of Medicaid Expansion and Federal Funding Cuts on FQHC Staffing and Patient Capacity. Milbank Q. 2022 06; 100(2):504-524.
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Factors associated with federally qualified health center financial performance. Health Serv Res. 2022 10; 57(5):1058-1069.
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The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Women's Postpartum Insurance and Depression in 5 States That Did Not Expand Medicaid, 2012-2015. Med Care. 2022 01 01; 60(1):22-28.