Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Medicaid & Medicare

Social Security and Medicare are of compelling concern to virtually all Americans because they impact lives so enduringly and directly through the protection they afford and the costs they entail. It is, indeed, the extraordinary social welfare commitment these programs represent and their concomitant expense that provoke such determined support and such fiscal concern. Kingson and Berkowitz provide a thorough, balanced, and highly accessible explanation of Social Security and Medicare. They explain the dilemmas facing policymakers and describe, through historical development, how the...

Medicaid is the primary means for providing medical care to the nation's indigent and disabled populations. Almost 13 percent of all Americans received some form of medical coverage, such as physician services or long-term care, through Medicaid in the early 1990s. The costs continue to rise dramatically, and state governments have become alarmed by the growing share of their budgets that Medicaid consumes.

Daniels and his contributors present the efforts of 16 states to reform their Medicaid programs through a system of managed care--programs that seek to control or manage the use by...

Medical care prices in the United States are not only the most expensive in the world, but there are wide variations in what physicians are paid. Doctors at the frontlines of medical care who manage complex conditions argue that they receive disproportionately lower fees than physicians performing services such as minor surgeries and endoscopies. Fixing Medical Prices goes to the heart of the U.S. medical pricing process: to a largely unknown yet influential committee of medical organizations affiliated with the American Medical Association that advises Medicare. Medicare's ready...

Concise Paediatrics, Second Edition is essential reading for all postgraduates training in paediatrics, particularly when preparing for the MRCPCH exam, and for general practice trainees preparing for the DCH exam. As a comprehensive but concise reference to any condition they are likely to encounter on the wards or in the accident and emergency room, it will also be invaluable to doctors in other medical specialties who come into contact with children on a regular basis.

The book is designed to provide readers with a full understanding of all of the areas covered...

The book draws the reader into the struggles of the unsung heroes of the transformation, black medical leaders whose stubborn courage helped shape the larger civil rights...

The book draws the reader into the struggles of the unsung heroes of the transformation, black medical leaders whose stubborn courage helped shape the larger civil rights...

Written by a nationally-recognized Medicare expert, speaker, and Certfified Financial Planner, Maximize Your Medicare explains how Medicare works, and most importantly, the important factors to consider when choosing among the wide variety of choices.

Maximize Your Medicare explains:

- How Medicare works

- Why Medicare is easily misunderstood

- Your rights and options under Medicare

- How private plans (group, Medicare Advantage, Medigap) interact with Medicare

- How to choose the best...

ONLY WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ENROLLING INTO MEDICARE HEALTH PLAN

Enrolling into Medicare does not have to be a complex subject. This workbook educates you in 4 simpli ed steps on what you need to know to make an informed decision on enrolling in a Medicare based insurance plan.

Social Security will enroll you into Medicare but that will ONLY cover 80% of your healthcare costs. This workbook will guide you through your Medicare options for enrolling into a secondary Medical insurance plan to cover the additional 20% that is not covered by Medicare and your prescription drug...