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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Dec;33(12):2136–2143. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0743

Exhibit 1.

ACA's Essential Health Benefit Classes

1) Ambulatory patient services
2) Emergency services
3) Hospitalization
4) Maternity and newborn care
5) Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment
6) Prescription drugs
7) Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices
8) Laboratory services
9) Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management
10) Pediatric services, including oral and vision care

Source: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 1302(b)(1).