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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Insurance, Medigap
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Seguro Adicional
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Seguro de Saúde (Situações Limítrofes)
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Synonyms English:
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Medigap Insurance
Medigap Policies
Medigap Policy
Policies, Medigap
Policy, Medigap
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Tree Number:
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N03.219.521.576.343.539
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Definition English:
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A supplemental health insurance policy sold by private insurance companies and designed to pay for health care costs and services that are not paid for either by Medicare alone or by a combination of Medicare and existing private health insurance benefits. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988) |
Indexing Annotation English:
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insures the gap between payments by private insurers & Medicare; specify geog
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History Note English:
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92
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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30036
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Unique Identifier:
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D017054
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Similar:
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DeCS
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