Medicare and Medicaid make up an ever-increasing piece of the of the growing pie of total health care costs in the United States. Medicare is heading towards insolvency as Baby Boomer retirements...
Medicare is a nationwide social insurance program, administered by the U.S. federal government since 1965 that guarantees access to health insurance for Americans 65 and older and individuals with end stage kidney disease (Medicare. gov, 2012) and persons with Lou Gehrig's disease. As a social insurance program, Medicare spreads out the financial risk related to illness across society to protect everybody.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Advancing Solutions in Medicare and Medicaid to Create Greater Value
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