Health Care

Universal Health Insurance

Health insurance coverage for all persons in a state or country, rather than for some subset of the population. It may extend to the unemployed as well as to the employed; to aliens as well as to citizens; for pre-existing conditions as well as for current illnesses; for mental as well as for physical conditions.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Health insurance coverage for all persons in a state or country, rather than for some subset of the population. It may extend to the unemployed as well as to the employed; to aliens as well as to citizens; for pre-existing conditions as well as for current illnesses; for mental as well as for physical conditions.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Universal Coverage
  • Coverage, Universal
  • Health Insurance, Universal
  • Insurance, Universal Health

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2019(1997)

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Tree Number

  1. N03w.219w.521.576w.265.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Universal Health Insurance. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019472. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019472
  2. Universal Health Insurance. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111680206