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Trends in Medicare and Medicaid

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Analyze trends in Medicare and Medicaid. What impact are these trends having on access to care for low income elders and people with disabilities?

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This solution discusses trends in meicaire and medicaid since the end of World War 2 in 288 words.

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From the end of World War II through the early 1990's, individuals patients sought care from physicians and hospitals for distinct episodes of illness. Patients either paid directly for this care or through health insurance provided by their employers and after 11966 Medicare and Medicaid was implemented as government funding.

From 1965 through the early 1990's health care costs and expenditures increased dramatically seriously eroding the global competitiveness ob business and overwhelming ...

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