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PART1
Watch the following video in preparation for this assignment:
Life: Hindsight 101 (Developer). (2017, July 1). Medicare vs Medicaid: Why you need to know the difference. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_qrk4XLZM0
Use what you learned from the video, the module’s required readings, and your own research to answer the following questions in your paper.
- Distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid.
- Discuss how Medicare has evolved to accommodate the changing needs of society. Do not just go through the timeline – read the materials, think about how society has changed, and explain how Medicare has changed to meet those needs.
- Discuss the impact of health care reform initiatives on Medicare/Medicaid.
Length: Submit a 3-page paper, not including the cover page and the reference list.
PART2
Use the module required and optional materials and your own research to respond to the following questions:
- Locate the Web site for your state’s health department.
- Summarize eligibility criteria for the Medicaid program in your state of residence.
- Describe your state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP). What is it called? Who is eligible? What services are covered?
Length: Submit a 3-page paper, not including the cover page and the reference list.
Reference:
Courtemanche, C., Marton, J., Ukert, B., Yelowitz, A., & Zapata, D. (2017). Early impacts of the Affordable Care Act on health insurance coverage in Medicaid expansion and non‐expansion states. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 36(1), 178-210. doi:10.1002/pam.21961
Decarolis, F., & Guglielmo, A. (2017). Insurers’ response to selection risk: Evidence from Medicare enrollment reforms. Journal of Health Economics, 56, 383.
Jaffe, S. (2018). Trump administration’s new direction for Medicaid. The Lancet, 391(10126), 1135. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30681-0
Lee, D., & Jackson, M. (2017). The simultaneous effects of socioeconomic disadvantage and child health on children’s cognitive development. Demography, 54(5), 1845-1871.
Patel, K. K., & Ginsburg, P. B. (2017). Physician payment reform-progress to date. The New England Journal of Medicine, 377(3), 285.
Rollins, J. (2018). Shame on them. Pediatric Nursing, 44(1), 6.
Venkataramani, M., Pollack, C.E., & Roberts, E.T. (2017, November). Spillover effects of adult Medicaid expansions on children’s use of preventive services. Pediatrics, 140(6), 1-8. Retrieved from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/11/09/peds.2017-0953
Wang, J., & Trivedi, A. N. (2017). Enrollment in California’s Medicaid program after the Affordable Care Act expansion. American Journal of Public Health, 107(11), 1757-1759. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304031
Ward, L. (2017). Improving outcomes by centralizing data for young patients in Houston. Modern Healthcare, 47(8), 20.
Optional Reading
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2018). Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Accessed from https://www.medicaid.gov/chip/index.html
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2018). Medicaid. Retrieved from https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/index.html
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2018). Medicare program – general information. Retrieved from https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-General-Information/MedicareGenInfo/index.html