Medicaid

Oral health is a major element in the overall health of an individual. Without the proper dental care poor hygiene can lead to various health problems. Children with decayed teeth are more risk to have a lower body weight by 80% compared to the ideal weight of children their age (Acs, 1992). There are four stages that can impact a adolescents oral health. Stage two which is where the primary teeth have all erupted. The dental care during this time is very important and can set how the permanent…

on which program the participant qualifies for. Eligibility requires that the participants maintain a set percentage of either Medicaid or Medicare patients, implementation of a certified EHR system, and showing “meaningful use” of the electronic health record system that is selected (Path to Payment,…

veterans were covered by Medicaid, VHA, or other private insurance providers. The part of the population that will be most likely affected would be the 7% of veterans who do not have health insurance (Kizer 2012). This 7% cannot afford the cost of private health care coverage and are not eligible to receive benefits through VHA. In the event that the uninsured veteran cannot receive coverage through their employer they can either select a plan from Healthcare.gov or apply for Medicaid. Some…

insurance coverage by requiring that individuals have qualified health insurance, subsidizing the cost of health insurance for those with low to moderate incomes, requiring that employers offer health coverage to employees, and greatly expanding Medicaid eligibility (Harrington 704). The Supreme Court said that the government imposed requirement for Americans to have health insurance or be forced to pay a penalty is constitutionally based on Congress's taxation powers. The penalty is a tax on…

you get sick, have pre-existing conditions, or be charged more for being a woman. Because insurance companies are required to cover everyone; insurance rated go up. Medicaid has expanded to cover millions who fall below the poverty level. The expansion was done using federal and state funding and not all states have expanded Medicaid. Dependents can stay on their parents’ insurance plan until they are 26. Medicare rates for seniors have decreased, and in turn hospitals and doctors…

The notable case of 1973, Roe v. Wade was a Supreme Court case that protects the right for women to have abortions. Historical abortion case Roe v. Wade initially started in a Texas court. The now known name, plaintiff Norma McCorvey stated the state of Texas violated her constitutional rights and the constitutional rights of other women to decide if they should have an abortion. In Texas, where the case began, it was illegal to proceed with an abortion unless a physician validated the…

Doctors who take government health plans (Medicare, Medicaid) will have to accept 21 to 43 percent reduction on their payments, which is already 20 to 40 percent less than what private insurance pays (Matthews, 2015, para. 2 & 6). Consequently, the medical practice where I work at and others I known of has stopped accepting new patient covered under these plans. Medicaid insurers are having a hard time finding a primary doctor and if they do it’s still tough…

after the congressman Henry Hyde the amendments must be passed each year. President Bill Clinton was the one who went against it throughout his campaign in 1992 came to petition a modified version of the Amendment. Actually, the recent version allows medicaid to be used only in cases of rape or incest and also if the health of the woman is at risk, but all others options are banned. On the other side, the states hold the decision for application or not. The law has been…

The Affordable Care Act incorporated the individual mandate, where individuals excluding dependents( people receiving medicare/medicaid, military families,etc) who do not purchase health insurance were required to to pay a form of tax. Also, the act required states to expand their medicaid programs, so that the do not lose all of their medicaid funds.By doing this, it would decrease the amount of people who were not coveraged. In 2010, the constitutionality of the individual mandate…

Unfortunately, some individuals that fall into the poor bracket, including some from the African-American race, have a hard time getting into a nursing home. This happens when blacks are poor Medicaid recipients. Given more information, Medicaid relationship with nursing homes tends to be a little bit more complicated than other insurance providers. Medicare nor does commercial insurers pay for nursing-home care. The Medicare portion will only pay for high-skilled care…