Health care reform/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Medicine [r]: The study of health and disease of the human body. ^[e]

• Human rights [r]: Natural civil and political rights considered universal and applicable to all human beings worldwide. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Primary prevention [r]: Specific practices for the prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations. ^[e]
• Futile care [r]: Medical procedure or treatment that cannot achieve its stated goals or produce its expected benefits, regardless of repetition and duration of treatment. ^[e]

U.S. legislation

• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [r]: Legislative title for the major U.S. health care reform bill signed by President Barack Obama on 24 March 2010, also known as H.R. 3590 and Public Law 111-148 ^[e]
• Affordable Health Care for America Act [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Medicare [r]: Title 18 of the U.S. Social Security Act. Provides medical and hospital care for the elderly and disabled. ^[e]
  • Medicaid [r]: Title 19 of the U.S. Social Security Act, adopted in 1965. Provides means-tested medical care for the poor. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Public health [r]: Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level ^[e]