Medicare Tynesha Calimquim‚ Anita Tanksley‚ Matthew Hosang‚ Diana Baker HCS/455 September 10‚ 2012 Vivian Perez‚ MPA Medicare Outline Introduction Medicare is a national social insurance program‚ administered by the U.S. federal government since 1965 that guarantees access to health insurance for Americans ages 65 and older and younger people with disabilities as well as people with end stage renal disease. The program helps with the cost of health care‚ but it does not cover all medical
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Introduction Today there are many Americans without health insurance. This is due to the lack of financial resources they have to pay for the insurance ‚ perhaps due to the unemployment rate and also due to those (younger generation) who choose to opt out of paying for health insurance. Many Americans live day to day hoping they will not get sick. From the results of these rates‚ President Obama signed the US Health Care Reform into law. The health care reform law encases benefits such as affordability
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of care and Lowering Costs • January 1‚ 2010 – Small Business Health Insurance Tax Credits. • June‚ 2010 – $250 rebate check for Seniors for Medicare “Donut Hole”. • September 23‚ 2010 – No out of pocket costs for certain preventive services. Improving Access to Affordable Healthcare • April 1‚ 2010 – States are allowed to cover more people on Medicaid • 2010 - 1) scholarships and loan repayments for primary care doctors and nurses • September 23‚ 2010 – Young adults covered under parents’
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some setbacks due to Medicare changes that have affected the company leading to downsize the company’s employees (Danner‚ February 2013). The Issue Since 2005 The Scooter Store has been under speculation for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid. While the amount of money is up for debated‚ it is believed that The Scooter Store has overbilled Medicare by as much as 108-million dollars. In 2007 The Scooter Store agreed to pay a $4 million fine and surrender $43 million in Medicare claims because of the
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In 2010‚ the United States health care spending grew 3.9 percent. The total health care expenditures reached $2.6 trillion‚ which translates to $8‚402 per person or 17.9 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Health care spending plays a major role in shaping our country’s health care system. Financing health care influences how people access health care‚ the types of health care provided‚ and how the cost of health care is distributed among members of society by income and by health
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employment-based insurance plans (Dressel‚ 2006). Both also encouraged nonprofit private insurance plans like Blue Cross‚ as well as for profit insurance plans (Dressel 2010). To this day‚ Americans continue to practice the same concept while Canada now has Medicare which is a government-funded universal health insurance program which was passed in 1957‚ 1966‚ and 1984 (“Canadian Museum of”‚ 2010). While the majority of developed countries are now providing a national health insurance program financed and run
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Bachman March 18‚ 2013 Growth in the Older Population Although the growing older population is increasing in the US‚ the impact of this increase is affecting several different political embattlement related programs for the aged (i.e.‚ Medicaid‚ Medicare‚ Disability‚ welfare‚ Supplemental Security Income‚ and The Older Americans Act). Being that people are living longer the cost of healthcare has increased while the housing necessities‚ economic assistances‚ and people who contribute to Social
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Protection and Affordable Care Act-PPACA) is a United States federal statue signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010; it represents the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. There are many things that make Obamacare good and bad for this country as a whole. The debate: will it last or will it benefit the U.S. for the future? Obamacare is the unofficial name for “The Patient Protection and Affordable
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for the Southern District of Florida‚ lectureTo Health Care Compliance Association. Retrieved on May 4‚ 2008. Cavanaugh‚ Gerald (1999). "Why doesn ’t America Have Universal ComprehensiveHealth Care?" Retrieved on May 3‚ 2008. Sheehan‚ James (2008). Medicaid Inspector General‚ State of New York‚ lecture toHealth Care Compliance Association. Retrieved on May 4‚ 2008.
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already planning to increase their hours while trying to maintain patient care. With this new legislation‚ there will inevitably be growing pains‚ for the providers‚ the patients‚ and most all for the insurance companies‚ including Medicare and Medicaid. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports that over 16 million additional adults will be eligible for health care coverage with the new Healthcare Reform Act. That is a substantial increase in patients needing to find a Primary Care Physician
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