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…The cuts to the Medicare system have decimated the healthcare industry, a sad fact hidden from the average American citizen. In an ill thought out plan, the United States Congress cut 23 billion dollars a year out of the Medicare system over the next…

…Medicaid was developed in 1965 under the title 19 of the federal social security act. Medicaid is a health insurance program for individuals with low income. It was created as a joint federal state program to provide medical care and medicines to aged…

…Since the introduction of Medicare in 1965, millions of seniors and people with disabilities have enjoyed health care security. However, as successful as the Medicare program has been, it is still unable to keep up with decades of improvement…

…Currently, there is legislation to give free medication benefits to those who receive Medicare. Ester “Tess” Canja, AARP’s president-elect, testified before the Senate Finance Committee that “pharmaceutical therapies have become increasingly…

…Crutsinger, Martin, AP Economics Writer. "Social Security, Medicare Trust Funds <Tab/>Sink".Http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/social_security;_ylt=AnVFL3PRI0hn2_h0PUu<Tab/>z3Jes0NUE;_ylu... 5/1/06 In Washington, the trustees…

…public health insurance programs such as Medicaid, not just those who use the programs, because these programs severely affect their jobs, access to emergency health care, and taxes. Many citizens do not know that Medicaid is different from Medicare and thus…

…In 1965, the Social Security Act established both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare was a responsibility of the Social Security Administration (SSA), while Federal assistance to the State Medicaid programs was administered by the Social and Rehabilitation…

…aside for Social Security. Medicare, along with its sister program, Medicaid, and allow broad access to physician and hospital care to all disabled Social Security recipients, for the most part, elderly and poor. Medicare has two parts, A and B. Part…

…Do government programs influence family life? Some of these programs are Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. These programs have changed family life not only in a positive way, but also in a negative way. These programs are targeted at giving…

…many beneficiaries to seek private, state and Medicaid-funded alternatives to supplement or replace their Medicare home health services. States largely control who gets what services under Medicaid by determining eligibility levels, establishing limits…