Actuarial Science 1021A/B Study Guide - Infant Mortality, Co-Insurance, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
6 Dec 2014
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The problem of poor health can be split into 3 categories: Poor health among the elderly long term care discussed at end of module 2. If an individual gets sick or needs medical treatment, he/she will need to obtain: hospitalization (includes surgery/operation), or, treatment from a medical practitioner (e. g. physician), or, drugs, or, other medical (non-drug) needs. There is also the problem of: dental needs, vision care, hearing care. Attacking the problem of poor health medical. Individual individual health insurance: employer group benefit plans, government provincial medical plans (i) individual plans. People traveling outside of the country: ohip does not provide very much in the way of out-of-country benefits, so purchasing some health insurance before you travel is a good idea (blue cross/blue shield) People who are not covered by an employee provided health plan: self employed, people between jobs, retirees, people who are deemed not eligible for, students no longer covered by parents.
