The ACA's pediatric essential health benefit has resulted in a state-by-state patchwork of coverage with exclusions

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2136-2143

  Grace, Aimee M ^a   Noonan, Kathleen G ^b   Cheng, Tina L ^c,d   Miller, Dorothy ^e   Verga, Brittany ^e   Rubin, David ^e,f   Rosenbaum, Sara ^g  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; LAW; PEDIATRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; UNITED STATES; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916931512     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0743     Document Type: Article

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