; Recommendation #3: Assured access to the balance in the Nuclear Waste Fund NWFF) and to the revenues generated by annual nuclear waste fee payments from utility ratepayers is absolutely essential and must be provided to the new nuclear waste management organization.
The Affordable Care Act gives the Department of Health and Human Services responsibility for determining what "essential health benefits" must be provided by insurers and for designing Web sites for comparing plans, among other duties.
Among the "essential health benefits" that must be provided are preventive services.
The new law lists 10 categories of "essential health benefits" that must be provided by insurance offered in the individual and small-group markets, starting in January 2014.
Protein, needed to maintain body function and structure, consists of nine essential amino acids that must be provided from different foods in a mixed diet.
The Obama administration surprised supporters and critics when it decided to let states define the "essential health benefits" that must be provided to their citizens under health care reform.
The Obama administration will not define a single uniform set of "essential health benefits" that must be provided by all insurers, but will allow each state to specify the benefits within broad categories.
WASHINGTON — In a major surprise on the politically charged new health care law, the Obama administration said Friday that it would not define a single uniform set of "essential health benefits" that must be provided by insurers for tens of millions of Americans.
The Affordable Care Act will set a standard for minimum essential health benefits that must be provided by insurers, and health care will be offered in four levels of plans (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum).
Many fatty acids can be produced endogenously, but linolenic acid, an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, and linoleic acid, an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid, are essential fatty acids that must be provided in the diet.
"Mayors have not stood by waiting idly for Congress to act, we can't afford to on the local level where annual budgets must be passed and essential services like trash collection must be provided to the families in our communities.
