Financing Vaccines in the 21st Century Assuring Access and Availability (2004) / Chapter Skim
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They include health centers that do and do not receive Section 330 grants from the Bureau of Primary Health Care. In 1992, an alternative term federally 221
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The tendency of public programs to absorb some proportion of individuals or entities that would otherwise participate in private markets. In health insurance markets, the term commonly refers to the phenomenon whereby privately insured individuals or companies drop private health insurance coverage and take advantage of a public program.
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ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a federal law passed in 1974 that established standards, reporting, and disclosure requirements for employer-funded pension and health benefit programs.
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In this report, both terms refer to health insurance companies and the specified services provided to insured individuals under the terms of the plan. In this context, "health plan" does not imply an HMO or other type of managed care.
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The constellation of private and public programs, services, providers, and public health activities that finance, deliver, promote, and monitor immunization services and outcomes. National Vaccine Advisory Committee.
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Public health clinic. In this report, denotes any publicly funded medical clinic, including community health centers, rural health centers, local health department clinics, and federally qualified health centers.
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. A program established by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act to provide assistance to those suffering serious adverse events as a result of routine vaccination.
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Enacted in 1993 and implemented in 1994. VFC is a federal entitlement program that provides recommended childhood vaccines to children between the ages of O and 18 in the following categories: Medicaid-eligible, uninsured, Native American, Alaska Native, or receiving vaccination at a federally qualified health center.
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