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1. A federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is responsible for paying health insurance for people who are too poor to say it.
2. Provides low-cost health coverage to children in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid. CHIP varies from state to state, in some pregnant women can get covered.
3. A payment structure in which different health care providers who are treating you for the same or related conditions are paid an overall sum for taking care of your condition rather than being paid for each individual treatment, test, or procedure.
4. A specified amount of money that the insured must pay before an insurance company will pay a claim.
6. The process of working collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations to address issues affecting the well-being of those people.
8. A type of insurance in which the insured pays a share of the payment made against a claim.
9. Groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high quality care to the Medicare patients they serve.
10. A comprehensive reform law, enacted in 2010, that increases health insurance coverage for the uninsured and implements reforms to the health insurance market.

1. also known as a cost-sharing reduction (CSR) - is a provision of the Affordable Care Act that allows people with modest incomes (up to 250 percent of the federal poverty level), to enroll in Silver-level health plans that have more robust benefits than a normal Silver plan.
2. The payment of a fee or grant to a doctor, school, or other person or body providing services to a number of people, such that the amount paid is determined by the number of patients, students, or customers.
5. A professional group that publishes research to advance public health and advocates for the interests of registered physician-members.
7. Self-management, Completing tasks proactively, teaching colleagues skills they will probably need working in their current role.
8. A payment made by a beneficiary (especially for health services) in addition to that made by an insurer.