• The National Health Insurance Act, 2023 (Act No. 20 of 2023) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa, which establishes a South African national health...
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    The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA or the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act) is a United States Act of Congress enacted by the...
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  • Health insurance or medical insurance (also known as medical aid in South Africa) is a type of insurance that covers the whole or a part of the risk of...
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    The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – formerly known as the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) – is a program administered by...
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    time, or 49.8% of House Democrats. The act would establish a universal single-payer national health insurance system in the United States, the rough equivalent...
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    The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) was created in 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines. It is a tax-exempt...
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  • In the United States, health insurance helps pay for medical expenses through privately purchased insurance, social insurance, or a social welfare program...
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    Care Health Insurance Limited (formerly Religare Health Insurance Company Limited) is an Indian health insurance company established in July 2012. It...
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  • initiative to connect LGBTQ people with health insurance coverage options, assisting with the passage of the HOPE Act to make organ donation and transplantation...
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    Canada Health Act (CHA; French: Loi canadienne sur la santé), adopted in 1984, is the federal legislation in Canada for publicly-funded health insurance, commonly...
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  • The Ontario Health Insurance Plan (French: Assurance-Santé de l'Ontario), commonly known by the acronym OHIP (pronounced /ˈoʊhɪp/ OH-hip), is the government-run...
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  • web site. As such it is one of the models of the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges. The 2006 Massachusetts law successfully covered approximately...
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    The National Insurance Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 55) created National Insurance, originally a system of health insurance for industrial workers in Great...
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  • upon previous health insurance programs to cover the whole population. For example, France built upon its 1928 national health insurance system, with subsequent...
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  • public health insurance option, also known as the public insurance option or the public option, is a proposal to create a government-run health insurance agency...
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    state benefits for workers and their families. Introduced by the National Insurance Act 1911 and expanded by the Labour government in 1948, the system has...
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    need. National Cancer Act of 1971 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Health Center Consolidation Act of 1996 National Institute...
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    selection, the act mandated that individuals buy insurance (or pay a monetary penalty) and that insurers cover a list of "essential health benefits". Before...
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  • Kingdom's National Health Service, Australia's Medicare, Canada's Medicare, Spain's National Health System, Taiwan's National Health Insurance and Italy's...
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    The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is issued free of charge to anyone who is insured by or covered by a statutory social security scheme of the...
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  • licensing the insurance and re-insurance industries in India. It was constituted by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999, an Act of Parliament...
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  • Insurance fraud is any act committed to defraud an insurance process. It occurs when a claimant attempts to obtain some benefit or advantage they are not...
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  • UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is an American multinational health insurance and services company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Selling insurance products...
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    Elevance Health, Inc. is an American health insurance provider. Prior to June 2022, Elevance Health was named Anthem, Inc. The company's services include...
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  • governed by ACT NO. 9 of 1998 - National Hospital Insurance Fund Act. The Act was amended in 2022 to become the National Health Insurance Fund Act, and the...
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    employer-sponsored health insurance, a practice that is cemented into the work culture of today. The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 encouraged...
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    merging companies, CG and INA. Insurance Company of North America was formed in 1792, while CG was created in 1865 by a special act of the Governor of Connecticut...
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  • universal health coverage. The Bahamas approved the National Health Insurance Act in August 2016. The legislation establishes a universal health coverage...
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    administrative simplification standards from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), quality standards in long-term care...
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    Health insurance in India is a growing segment of India's economy. The Indian healthcare system is one of the largest in the world, with the number of...
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