distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid.
MN507-2: Explore financial models of reimbursement and their effects on patients and health care providers.
Directions
For this Assignment, you will distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid. Your paper must include the following topics:
Provide a brief history of both Medicare and Medicaid.
Define the populations that they are intended to serve.
Determine whether your state has expanded Medicaid.
Articulate the reasons that states choose not to participate in Medicaid expansion.
Analyze your role in your specialized area of nursing practice when interfacing with Medicare and/or Medicaid recipients.
The word count for your paper, excluding the title page and references page, will be 800–1200 words. You must include a minimum of (5) different scholarly references.
Assignment Requirements
Before finalizing your work, you should:
be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.
Your writing Assignment should:
follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and
use APA formatting and citation style.
Submitting your work
You will submit your Assignment to the appropriate Dropbox before midnight on the last day of the unit. Make sure to save a copy of the Assignment you submit.
To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.
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Distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid
Brief History
The history of Medicare goes back to 1912 when Roosevelt suggested that there was a need to create a national health insurance system that would cater for the healthcare needs of the people. However, the idea was actualized by President Truman in 1945 when he sent a message to Congress to create such a national health insurance fund that would address the healthcare insurance needs of the people. Despite the efforts of Truman, a bill that created such a system was actualized twenty years later (Well, 2013). Medicate was created in 1965 to cover people who were over 65 years old and could not access insurance. The program thereby ensured that elder citizens would access healthcare services and thereby improve their health and well-being. At the time, private insurance was not accessible for people who were 65 years or older.
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