POL 536 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lyndon B. Johnson, Health Care, Long-Term Care
2 May 2016
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Medicare provides coverage for seniors and some disabled. Medicaid covers health-care services for some poor and near-poor. Government, insurers, providers, and public and private regulators play important role in u. s. health care system. Executive branch of federal government department of health and human. Hhs includes agencies like centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms) and children"s health insurance program (chip) The office of veterans affairs (va) is a federal agency independent of hhs. Universal coverage for americans 65 and older, for disabled, and for those with end-stage renal disease. Covers disabled adults, long-term care services after individuals have used up all of their own income, low-income seniors. The affordable care act (aca)=an attempt to reform u. s. health care system. 15% medicare (mostly for elderly can get no matter what income is) Provided federal grants to support state-run medical assistance programs for elderly who could not afford medical care.
