TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Medicare
A1  - Burns, Lawton Robert
PY  - 2021
T2  - The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers
AB  - Medicare  was  enacted  in  1965  as  Title  XVIII  of  the  Social  Security  Act.  Medicare  covers  the  elderly  population  (65+  years  old)  regardless  of  income  or  health  status  and  represents  the  country’s  only  version  of  national  health  insurance.  The  program  was  expanded  twice:  (1)  in  1972  to  include  individuals  under  65  suffering  from  end-stage  renal  disease  (ESRD)  and  the  disabled  who  received  Social  Security  Disability  Insurance  (SSDI)  payments,  and  (2)  in  2001  to  cover  people  with  amyotrophic  lateral  sclerosis  (ALS,  or  Lou  Gehrig’s  disease).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/25
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180254002
ER  -