Medicare, Medicaid, and the Military Managed Care Health Systems

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Command of the entities involved in special markets is fundamental. These entities include the insurance matters in special markets. Understanding the basics involved in these matters is critical. The table below serves to give the contrasts that exist between the various insurance programs existing in the special markets. It briefly highlights the members who are eligible for a particular program.
The costs that are incurred in each program are also presented together with various program administrators. It also focuses on the merits and demerits of each program. This is a clear analysis of the basic concepts that are vital in the wider scope of insurance matters in special markets.
MEDICAREMEDICAIDMILITARY MANAGED CAREMedicare is a social insurance program that pays for hospital and medical care for the elderly and disabled Americans.
Medicaid is a program especially for particular individuals that have low financial incomes (Medicaid.gov, 2015). The program is also meant to benefit the individuals with scarce resources. The main purpose of the program is to offer medical services to the families. It is also a mean-tested program.Military managed care health system is an enterprise with the United States department of defense. The system is tasked with the provision of service to the active serving members who are in duty (Center Forward, 2012). The U.S military personnel dependants are also eligible to benefit.
The mission of the system is to entirely provide health care support for the full range of military operations and sustain the health of all who are entrusted to military health system care.
Its primary vision is to maintain the health of military personnel.This program is administered by the federal government of the United States of America.This program is administered by each state though its primary oversight is handled at the federal level.The administration of this program is done by the defense department of the United StatesAn eligible candidate for this program must either be at least 65years old, under 65years and disabled or any age with end-stage renal disease (Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2014). The candidate must be a citizen of the U.S or a citizen that has acquired legal permanent resident. He/she must have resided in the U.S for a period of five years that are continuous. The individual must have contributed payments to the system for a period of at least ten years. He/she must also be eligible to the benefits of the social security.The guidelines for eligibility are set by the state. Every state sets the guidelines of eligibility independently. The guidelines are aimed towards elevating the standards the low income earners. They also depend on other different var...