Social Security Fairness Act: What It Is Some people haven't received all their Social Security benefits, even though they paid into the system. A new law changes that. Maryalene LaPonsieJan. 10, 2025 8 Jobs That Welcome Older Workers ...
Mental health parity: What are the gaps in coverage - Zuvekas, Banthin, et al. - 1998 () Citation Context ... cost-offsets,” where there is a reduction in the utilization and costs of medical services by families of individuals when a family member receives treatment for substance abuse...
Gap (short-term) health insurance The Affordable Care Act allows people to be uninsured for no more than two consecutive months without being subject to a tax penalty. The ACA also creates new enrollment periods when a person can enroll in major medical insurance. Outside of an enrollment peri...
What is Medicare Part D catastrophic coverage? Medicare Part D has four coverage stages: meeting the deductible, initial coverage, the coverage gap (also called “the donut hole”), and catastrophic coverage. The stages are as follows: Meeting the deductible: Enrollees pay full price for me...
(CHIP)are free or low-cost health care coverage options. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, some states have expanded their Medicaid programs during the past decade. In states with expanded coverage, you may be able to qualify for coverage if your income is below a certain l...
All healthcare providers getpatient feedback. After all, funding and reimbursements depend on it – so measurement is nothing new in the industry. But measurement is not the goal. You need to be asking these key questions: Are you listening on the right channels across the entire patient jour...
Universal healthcare coverage refers to systems in which all residents of a particular geographical area or country have health insurance. An early example of universal healthcare coverage is Germany in the 1880s, when Chancellor Otto von Bismarck introduced a series of bills guaranteeing access to ...
Medigap, also called Medicare Supplement Insurance, is health insurance coverage provided by private companies to help pay costs not covered by Original Medicare. Depending on your Medigap plan, these costs might includecopayments,coinsurance, deductibles, and services that Original Medicare doesn't co...
Progressive realisation is invoked as the guiding principle for countries on their own path to universal health coverage (UHC). It refers to the governmental obligations to immediately and progressively move towards the full realisation of UHC. This paper provides procedural guidance for countries, that...
JP Cohen,JFP Bridges - 《Appl Health Econ Health Policy》 被引量: 97发表: 2009年 A multicomponent serogroup B meningococcal vaccine is licensed for use in Europe: what do we know, and what are we yet to learn? The first meningococcal vaccine with the potential to provide broad coverage aga...