Mental Health Today: Drug Coverage Mental Health Today: Drug Coverage They are people you know—friends‚ family‚ co-workers‚ patients—and they need medication to live. Mental health disorders are everywhere in the United States today. The statistics are truly staggering. In the United States each year‚ one in four adults lives with a diagnosed mental disorder and one in sixteen adults suffer from a serious mental illness. Almost half of those diagnosed with a mental disorder
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MEDICARE FRAUD Bobby Brown Colorado Technical University Medicare Fraud occurs when someone intentionally falsifies information or deceives Medicare (www.medicare.gov). Strike force accused ninety-four people across the U.S. The charges are based on several fraud schemes including Physical Therapy schemes‚ Healthcare schemes‚ HIV infusion schemes‚ and durable medical equipment schemes (Long-Term Living‚ Aug.2010‚ vol.59 issue 8‚ p10-10‚8/9p). These schemes exceeded $225 million in false
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Topic: Obamacare Health Reform Thesis: Obamacare is beneficial despite its downfalls‚ being that it provides healthcare‚ promote health‚ and control cost. Possible Introduction: Obamacare is a new law to take full effect in 2014 that can provide 32 million uninsured Americans with health insurance. Insurance company’s costs will be lower and more affordable for everyone. The law sounds great‚ but many people believe Obamacare can cause problems with quality of service provided and many other
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MEDICARE Prior to 1965‚ it was almost impossible for people 65 years and older to get a private health insurance. Medicare was enacted in 1965 to counter the growing health care costs and provide access to the elderly‚ making health care a universal right for all Americans 65 years and older. (Medicare & You‚ 2013) The rapid growth in the baby boomers population that began in 2011 caused a burden on the government by adding to the already high deficits. Medicare enrollment is expected to double
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shall discuss the piece of legislation known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ more informally known as Obamacare. The issue currently debated with this piece of legislature focuses on it ’s constitutionality‚ it ’s purpose as a tax hike‚ and whether or not it should be passed. Is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional? From what I have studied in the article “Is Obamacare unconstitutional?”‚ at debatetopics.net‚ and from what I know of the act‚ I would say
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McLain Dr. Harbour POSC 150-05 October 8‚ 2013 Obamacare: Blessing or a Curse? On October 1‚ 2013 insurance exchanges opened for individuals buying their own insurance with assistance from the government. This program commonly referred to‚ as Obamacare is formally known as The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Since 2009‚ when legislation was still in the debate stage‚ people have been beating down bogus claims about the Affordable Care Act. But in the recent months the intensity
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Health Care and its Rising Costs Dusti Lott Ashford University HCA305 – The U.S. Health Care System Professor Thomas November 11‚ 2012 Introduction The dramatic rise in health care costs over the last century and into the current one has many contributing factors. Although each of these factors is not exclusive‚ they all have their own distinct personality. Each factor does cross over in to all others to have an affect on each other. We can follow the time line to understand the
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Health Care Systems Tamara Leung Florida Hospital College of Health Science DADI494 Professor Slockett January 20‚ 2013 Abstract The primary objective of any health care system is to provide adequate and effective medical care to the population. Health care systems may vary due to political and other factors. Factors may include location‚ access to care‚ basic needs of the populations as well as economic status. However‚ the primary goal remains the same. Because of the ongoing need
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create both national and local rules and policies. Lobbying is a form of support with the aim to influence public policy in the decision made by legislators in government (Mason‚ Gardner‚ Hopkins-Outlaw‚ and O’Grady‚ (2016) p.390). A lobbyist is a person that attempts to change‚ promote‚ advocate‚ or oppose a specific interest or a member of the lobby in persuading a legislative or administrative action (National Conference of State Legislators‚
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Medicare and Medicaid different in many ways especially when it comes to eligibility rules and the type of coverage. In the article “Medicare vs. Medicaid” by eHealth Medicare discusses how the rules and coverage can different from one state to the next. When it comes to the state–oriented system there are a few advantages and disadvantages that will be discussed later. Medicare is a federal health plan that is usually offered to people sixty-five or older who live in the United States‚ or who are
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