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6 Cards in this Set
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Health Care Policy Regimes
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Solo Doctor Policy Regime --> Medicare/Medicaid Regime
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Reasons for a regime change
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Technology and Medical Specialization, Rise of New Medical Organizations, Anti-Poverty Movement
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Health care crisis
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a lack of funds, access, and quality
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Lack of healthcare funds
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Demographic Factors, Medical Technology, Third-Party Payers: HMOs and Private Insurance, Medicare/Medicaid, Perverse Market Incentives
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Lack of healthcare access
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Many jobs are shifting to not include healthcare, many people are also underinsured or are not covered by the holes in medicare and medicaid
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Holes in medicare and medicaid
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Medicaid
Not cover the working poor: adults without children, but below poverty line Not cover children ages 7 to 18 whose family incomes just above poverty line Pays only 60% of doctors fees, doctors not accept Medicaid patients Many families with poor children not apply for Medicaid, not aware for some parents. Medicare No cover long-term nursing care |
