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Duplicate Federal Payments for Dual Enrollees in Medicare Advantage Plans and the Veterans Affairs Health Care System
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February 14, 2013
What are Medicare Advantage and Veteran’s Affairs Health Care Systems as explained in this article? This article is about how the federal government spends a severe amount of money on duplicative funds in two separate managed care programs, Medicare advantage and Veteran’s healthcare system programs. Both of these programs pay for the care of the same individual.
Medicare Advantage is a type of plan that is offered mainly by a private company that contracts with Medicare to provide you with main benefits. Medicare is divided into four parts: Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D. Medicare Part A normally covers your hospital care (entitlement), Medicare Part B covers physicians, which is premium based, Medicare Part C is the managed care option, which is Medicare advantage, and Medicare Part D covers anything dealing with your pharmacy and is premium based. Medicare is a form of government health care administered by the federal government. In order for Medicare to stay afloat it must be paid by money collected in the form of taxes. As a taxpayer, it has both positive and negative sides of having Medicare. It’s positive in that Medicare is almost available to anyone who needs it on demand, but its negative aspect is that it is a burden on the common working man’s paycheck.
Much like Medicare, Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System helps provide United States Veterans with an affordable health care. While Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System is considered a part of Medicare, it only applies to a specific demographic of people. In order to be eligible for this you must have been in the services for a certain length of time, have service connected disabilities, have a certain income level, and you must have certain VA resources. The VA determines if you qualify for healthcare coverage by being assigned to a
Duplicate Federal Payments for Dual Enrollees in Medicare Advantage Plans and the Veterans Affairs Health Care System
NAME HERE
February 14, 2013
What are Medicare Advantage and Veteran’s Affairs Health Care Systems as explained in this article? This article is about how the federal government spends a severe amount of money on duplicative funds in two separate managed care programs, Medicare advantage and Veteran’s healthcare system programs. Both of these programs pay for the care of the same individual.
Medicare Advantage is a type of plan that is offered mainly by a private company that contracts with Medicare to provide you with main benefits. Medicare is divided into four parts: Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D. Medicare Part A normally covers your hospital care (entitlement), Medicare Part B covers physicians, which is premium based, Medicare Part C is the managed care option, which is Medicare advantage, and Medicare Part D covers anything dealing with your pharmacy and is premium based. Medicare is a form of government health care administered by the federal government. In order for Medicare to stay afloat it must be paid by money collected in the form of taxes. As a taxpayer, it has both positive and negative sides of having Medicare. It’s positive in that Medicare is almost available to anyone who needs it on demand, but its negative aspect is that it is a burden on the common working man’s paycheck.
Much like Medicare, Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System helps provide United States Veterans with an affordable health care. While Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System is considered a part of Medicare, it only applies to a specific demographic of people. In order to be eligible for this you must have been in the services for a certain length of time, have service connected disabilities, have a certain income level, and you must have certain VA resources. The VA determines if you qualify for healthcare coverage by being assigned to a