In Germany, the health service is highly decentralized. If this paperwork is not submitted timely, Medicaid benefits may not be approved retroactively to the date of application.

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HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and in 1996 the U. S. Congress enacted it. The purpose of HIPAA law is improving the system of health insurance. Compounding the shortage crisis is that newly eligible patients will now be flooding into doctor’s offices alongside elderly patients. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2009 there were 17,000 less doctors than needed in both urban and rural areas. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts that this shortage could increase to 159,300 by 2025. Medicare is not generally an unearned entitlement. Entitlement is most commonly based on a record of contributions to the Medicare fund. As such it is a form of social … Read the rest

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