Medicare
Medicare is a social insurance …show more content…
- Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers certain doctors' services, outpatient care, medical supplies, and preventive services. - Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage Plans) is a type of Medicare health plan offered by a private company that contracts with Medicare. Medicare Advantage Plans provides; Health Maintenance Organizations, Preferred Provider Organizations, Private Fee-for-Service Plans, Special Needs Plans, and Medicare Medical Savings Account Plans - Medicare Part D adds prescription drug coverage. …show more content…
It was signed by Barack Obama, the previous president of the United States, in 2010. Obamacare does not include a specific health insurance plane or program. It aims to help all Americans to find an affordable health insurance and increase the number of people who have insurance plans. To achieve this goal, the government offers lower prices on government health insurance plans and they also try to give more people the Medicaid assistance. Furthermore, the government reviews and changes the rules and forces the insurance providers to follow these new rules. For instance, insurance companies cannot refuse coverage or increase the insurance policy to anyone with a pre-existing medical condition, such as diabetes.