please answer to this discussion post with a minimum of 200 words, APA Style, and no plagiarism.

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Hi Class:

I think that Medicaid has had a greater impact compared to Medicare. Medicaid is a government program aimed at supporting low income households by ensuring they can access quality healthcare at low prices. It is funded by both the state and federal levels of government (“1. Introduction: The Medicaid Story,” 2010). It supports these households by covering medical costs associated with medical as well as long term healthcare for individuals that qualify. Medicaid has been identified as the country’s largest public health insurance program. It provides affordable health insurance to people in rural America and to communities that are considered poor.

Due to the fact that this program is funded by two independent bodies, it varied from state to state. Usually, the federal government sets minimum requirements or eligibility standards, amount to be paid as premium and the scope of services available to an individual ((“1. Introduction: The Medicaid Story,” 2010). For one to be eligible for Medicaid, one has to meet strict requirements which are financially based. The entire program has very strict income eligibility requirements which vary from state to state. Klosko (2017) explains that due to this requirement, some of the benefits users of Medicaid get are determined by the financing agreement between both parties.

General services offered under Medicaid include specified inpatient and outpatient services, family planning, nursing facilities and doctors services.

Medicaid is popular among Americans due to the various benefits its users gain from it. However, one should note that there is no single package benefit because the state imposes specific minimum requirements before one is insured (Klosko, 2017). Benefits range from covering preventive healthcare such as immunizations, acute cases for example, where a patient has been hospitalized as well as behavioral conditions such as counselling and psychiatric hospitalization. Non-health services are also covered which include supportive services which are tailor made for people living with disabilities. Disabled patients are given services which allow them to work comfortably in the community which they live.

References

1. Introduction: The Medicaid Story. (2010). The Politics of Medicaid. doi:10.7312/olso15060-003

Klosko, G. (2017). Medicare and Medicaid. Oxford Scholarship Online. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199973415.003.0008

By the due date assigned, post your response of at least 150-200 words to the Discussion Area. To support your comments, your discussion answers should include specific information from the readings.

By the end of the week, comment on at least two of your classmates’ submissions. Your replies to classmates should be at least a paragraph in length and made with an eye to expand, clarify, defend, and/or refine their thoughts. Consider asking questions to further meaningful conversation. Be clear and concise, referring to specific ideas and words from your classmates’ postings. Participation must be completed by the end of the week to earn credit.

Prompt:

Choose a poem from the assigned readings, except “The Chimney Sweeper,” which was used as an example in this week’s lecture. Post a response of at least 150-200 words, focusing on the elements below.

Identify the key images in the poem, which you believe are vital to understanding it.
Provide a detailed discussion of how those images function in the poem.
Do the images work together to form a coherent pattern?
What ideas or feelings are conveyed by the images?
How do the images contribute to the overall meaning of the poem?
Remember to provide evidence for your claims in the form of quoted passages from the poem. Quotations, paraphrases, and summaries should be cited according to APA rules of style, including in-text and reference citations. Quoted material should not exceed 25% of the document.

Use the APA Citation Helper resource for properly citing resources.

Post directly to the discussion; do not attach a document. Make sure you check spelling and grammar, and use APA style for citations.

Example APA Reference from the eBook
Blake, W. (2013). The chimney sweeper. In X.J Kennedy and D Gioia (Eds.) The Literature Collection: An E-Text [VitalSource digital version] (p. 239). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
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