RT Book, Section
A1 Burns, Lawton Robert
SR Print(0)
ID 1180254002
T1 Medicare
T2 The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264264476
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180254002
RD 2024/04/25
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).