TRICARE and VA Health Care: Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title TRICARE and VA Health Care: Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

Creator

  • Author: Panangala, Sidath Viranga
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Veterans Policy

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2010-09-30

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The 111th Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and hereafter referred to as PPACA. This report addresses key questions concerning how PPACA affects the Department of Defense (DOD) TRICARE program and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care.
  • Physical Description: 9 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Veterans
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Medicine
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Veterans' medical care
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Health policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Medical care
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Health insurance

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R41198
  • Accession or Local Control No: R41198_2010Sep30
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc31357
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