A phenomenon whereby public health coverage programs encourage some employers to drop health coverage, urging their employees instead to take advantage of the subsidies available to them in the public program.
Long-term care services that do not seek to cure, provided during periods when the medical condition of the patient is not changing or does not require continued delivery by medical personnel.
A fixed amount, usually expressed in dollars in the form of an annual fee, that the beneficiary of a health insurance plan must pay directly to the health care provider before a health insurance plan begins to pay for any costs associated with the insured medical...
The practice of health care providers ordering tests that may not be necessary to protect themselves from potential malpractice lawsuits. Said by some to be a major cause of high health care costs.
Made significant changes to the Medicaid program by allowing states to increase premiums and cost-sharing for families and to base benefits on private plans. The law also tightened long-term care asset transfers and capped the exemption for home equity at $500,000....