On October 7, 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Costs , a consensus report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for establishing the criteria and methods to define and update the essential health benefits package that will be included in most private health plans offered to individuals and small groups beginning in 2014 as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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