health insurance

Democrats view Medicaid as a health insurance program that helps people pay for health care...Republicans view Medicaid as a government welfare program.

The agency regulates health insurance and sets policy that guides the prices that doctors, hospitals and drug companies are paid for medical services.

There are, in fact, hundreds of variables for each patient -- ranging from clinical data and brain imaging to health insurance status.

“SSI/SSDI offers vital support to those facing health challenges and disabilities by providing income and health insurance,” Jeremy McCauley, an assistant professor in economics at the University of Bristol, told Salon.

Other large mandatory lines of government expenditure include Medicare - a government-funded health insurance program primarily serving Americans aged over 65.