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2. Alternate care site - Wikipedia

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   An alternate care site(ACS) is a medical treatment facility established in a non-traditional setting during a public-healthcrisis (or other event causing strain on local medical resources) as a means of providing additional capacity to deliver medical care within a given area. [1][2]: 1 The term encompasses both civilian-operated medical ...

3. Alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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   Alternative medicine consists of a wide range of health care practices, products, and therapies. The shared feature is a claim to heal that is not based on the scientific method. Alternative medicine practices are diverse in their foundations and methodologies.

4. Self-funded health care - Wikipedia

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   Self-funded health care, also known as Administrative Services Only ( ASO ), is a self insurance arrangement in the United States whereby an employer provides health or disability benefits to employees using the company's own funds. [1] This is different from fully insured plans where the employer contracts an insurance company to cover the ...

5. Managed care - Wikipedia

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   The term managed care or managed healthcare is used in the United States to describe a group of activities intended to reduce the cost of providing health care and providing American health insurance while improving the quality of that care ("managed care techniques"). It has become the predominant system of delivering and receiving American ...

6. Consumer-driven healthcare - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Consumer-driven healthcare ( CDHC ), or consumer-driven health plans ( CDHP) refers to a type of health insurance plan that allows employers and/or employees to utilize pretax money to help pay for medical expenses not covered by their health plan. These plans are linked to health savings accounts (HSAs), health reimbursement accounts ...

7. Public health insurance option - Wikipedia

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   The 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 that would compete with other private health insurance companies within the United States. The public option is not the same as publicly funded health care, but was proposed as an ...

8. Healthcare in the United States - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Healthcare in the United States is largely provided by private sector healthcare facilities, and paid for by a combination of public programs, private insurance, and out-of-pocket payments. The U.S. is the only developed country without a system of universal healthcare, and a significant proportion of its population lacks health insurance.

9. Community health - Wikipedia

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   Community health. Community health refers to non-treatment based health services that are delivered outside hospitals and clinics. Community health is a subset of public health that is taught to and practiced by clinicians as part of their normal duties. Community health volunteers and community health workers work with primary care providers ...