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Essential Health Benefits (EHB)

The Affordable Care Act requires that health plans on the individual and small group market, including all plans sold on the exchanges, contain a package of items and services. Required care services include: emergency services, ambulatory patient services, maternity care, pediatric care, mental health care, laboratory services, prescription drugs, and others.

Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCHIIO)

An agency that helps to enforce provisions related to private health insurance from the Affordable Care Act.