Medicare (USA)
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Medicare er en offentlig helseforsikringsordning for eldre og handicappede i USA. Den ble innført 30. juli 1965 av President Lyndon Johnson ved et tillegg til den amerikanske sosialloven (Social Security).
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[rediger] Lovgivning
- 1960 PL 86-778 Social Security Amendments (Kerr-Mill aid)
- 1965 PL 89-97 Medicare
- 1988 PL 100-360 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
- 2003 HR 1 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act
[rediger] Se også
[rediger] Referanser
- ^ Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., "Medicare: Incompetence-Based Bureaucracy", Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Winter 2004.
[rediger] Eksterne lenker
- Medicare web site for beneficiaries.
- Kaiser Foundation Wide range of free information of Medicare program and other U.S. health issues.
- Medicare Rights Center Education and advocacy organization.
- State Health Facts Data on health care spending and utilization, including in Medicare.