This means that the program will need to support many more people than it currently does, and there will be fewer (proportionally) workers paying into the system (Johnson 2006). The particular problem cited and explored by this author is prescription drug coverage, with the researcher predicting ongoing volatility in coverage laws and particulars, but truly this trend has many far-reaching implications. The aging of the U.S. population and the increased

The Medicaid Health Care ProgramIntroductionMedicaid was formed in the year 1965 as a public insurance program to provide health coverage to families and individuals that earned low incomes. The people that the Medicaid insurance program covers include children, parents, pregnant women, the older people and people living with disabilities (Stevens, & Stevens, 2017). The Medicaid program has been founded jointly with the federal government and the state governments. Each state

Medicare Medicaid A brief history of Medicaid and Medicare The idea of a national health insurance plan gained political momentum in the first part of the 20th C. President T. Roosevelt was among the pioneers in making the health insurance issue a campaign matter. The Second New Deal crafted by President Roosevelt involved including the Social Security program in the laws (Piatak, 2015). The act tried to reduce the extent to which such

Medicaid Budget Analysis The author of this report has been charged with doing a budgetary analysis of the federal program that is known is Medicaid. While its counterpart Medicare focuses on helping those that have reached retirement age, Medicaid is geared more towards those people of any age that are encountering poverty and/or that have encountered a recent disaster like a hurricane or an earthquake. This report will answer several questions

Ordinary insurance companies were not willing to extend insurance services to older citizens since it was considered a losing proposition. With the enactment of Medicare, 99% of older people in the country have health insurance and poverty among this group has dropped significantly. With this program, people now have access to better healthcare services which has resulted in increased life expectancy. The reason we can say with some degree of

Medicare, SCHIP, and PPACA Who is Eligible for Medicare? Medicare is essentially an insurance program available to individuals when they reach retirement age. It is however important to note that to be eligible for Medicare, individuals must first satisfy a few requirements. To begin with, in addition to being a U.S. resident, one has to be of age 65 and above to be eligible for Medicare (Medicare, 2012). As Medicare (2012) further