Government-Managed Health Care

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This paper examines U.S.A. government programs such as Medicaid and Medicare and compares them to private insurance. It shows the advantages and disadvantages of these programs and examines employer and government obligations.

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"The consequences of under-funded government programs are persuasive. Low reimbursement for Medicare choice plans has caused many to pull out of markets across the country. Cuts in Medicare support payments for graduate medical education is causing cutbacks in residency programs, threatening to shrink the supply of incoming doctors. The below cost reimbursement of Medicare payments is damaging the long-term care industry. Many doctors cannot afford to operate on the small fixed payments of the insurance payments. Providers who are dependent on government business suffer more than those independent doctors, because they have little or no other patients than the elderly."

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