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What does Essential Health Benefits mean?
Federally specified categories of benefits that non-grandfathered individual and small-group plans generally must cover.
Illustration — not a plan price
Coverage within a category still follows the plan's network, medical-necessity, and cost-sharing rules.
The actual plan document controls. Verify its definitions, network, exclusions, dates, and amounts before relying on the illustration.
Definitions here are never for sale — no plan is recommended on a comprehension page.
Source: HealthCare.gov — Glossary · Verified 2026-08-11 · Reviewed by the MedicalRecords.com editorial team · Last reviewed August 11, 2026