A fixed amount of money or a designated percentage of the premium cost that is provided to help people purchase health coverage. Premium subsidies are usually provided on a sliding scale based on an individual’s or family’s income. The Affordable Care Act...
A health benefit model that is considered by its designers to be a hybrid of the defined contribution and defined benefit approaches. This model requires general categories of health services to be covered, but benefits could be added or deleted within limits. The...
A refundable credit that helps offset the costs of health insurance premiums for eligible individuals and families purchasing coverage through a health insurance marketplace. Under the Affordable Care Act, the credit is available for households with incomes between...
Established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Prevention and Public Health Fund provides expanded and sustained national investments in prevention and public health, to improve health outcomes, and to enhance health care quality.
Services aimed at preventing a disease from occurring, or preventing or minimizing its consequences. This includes care aimed at warding off illnesses (immunizations, for example), at early detection of disease (Pap smears, for example), and at stopping further...