Medicare (USA)

Medicare er en offentlig helseforsikringsordning for eldre og handikappede i USA. Den ble innført 30. juli 1965 av President Lyndon Johnson ved et tillegg til den amerikanske sosialloven (Social Security).

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

Se også

• Medicare (Australia)

Litteratur

• Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., "Medicare: Incompetence-Based Bureaucracy", Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Winter 2004.

Eksterne lenker

• CMS Offisiell hjemmeside.
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
• 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.