Word: medicaid
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...thorough, it requires that two doctors declare that the patient has six months or less to live, which discourages many doctors and patients. Even if you're covered by Medicare, consider buying Medigap policies, or private supplemental insurance, to cover what Medicare does not. And if you qualify for Medicaid, the federal and state program for low-income people, you may be eligible for better long-term coverage than Medicare patients...
...solve it. But only 16 states have drug-assistance programs in operation (six others have passed laws to start them), the benefits they offer vary widely, and the Governors have said they don't want the responsibility. What's more, experience with other programs--like providing drug benefits through Medicaid--suggests the states are far less efficient than the Federal Government at enrolling those who are eligible...
...tobacco. There had long been a major obstacle: cigarette companies defended themselves by arguing that smokers knew about the dangers and assumed the risk. Scruggs and Moore decided to try to get around these "personal responsibility" defenses by suing on behalf of states, not individuals, seeking reimbursement for the Medicaid money the states had paid out for smoking-related illnesses...
...President Clinton appointed Shalala secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services--the division of the federal government that deals with programs like Medicare and Medicaid, federal welfare programs and children's programs like Head Start...
...imperative to provide detail. It's seen as proof of gravitas. But specificity kills. Just ask Bill Bradley. He was running strong until he laid out a detailed health plan. Gore cherry-picked details and used them to paint the former Senator as both a spendthrift crazy and a Medicaid-destroying ogre...