Subject Headings - Affordable Care Act

Subject headings are controlled vocabulary lists used for cataloging and identification of resources. 

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Library of Congress Subject Headings
(LCSH)

The Library of Congress Subject Headings are an authoritative, controlled vocabulary that allows users to precisely identify titles on a specific topic.  They can be used to search the Library of Congress and other databases.
  

Health care reform
Health care reform in mass media
Health insurance -- Taxation -- United States
Medicaid -- Law and legislation
Medicare -- Law and legislation
Right to health
Tax incentives -- United States

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

The MeSH is the subject heading list for the National Library of Medicine (NLM), a department of the National Institute of Health (NIH).  These subject terms may be used to search medical databases such as MEDLINE and PubMed. 

Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Health Care Reform
Health Care Reform Act
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) 

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ACA
Affordable Care Act
PPACA
United States.  Act Entitled The Patient Protection and      
        Affordable Care Act
United States.  Public Law 111-148
United States.  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
        Economic aspects

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WorldCat

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Health care reform -- United States
Health insurance -- Law and legislation -- United States
Legislation, Medical -- United States
Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States
Medicaid -- Law and legislation
Medicare -- Law and legislation
United States -- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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Keywords

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ACA
Affordable Care Act
Obamacare
PPACA

NOTE:  "Obamacare" can potentially identify alternate viewpoints from organizations.  Caution should be used when using this term to find authoritative information as it is a slang term with negative connotations.  The accepted term is "Affordable Care Act".